# Alexander Bay Airport (ALJ / FAAB)

**Alexander Bay Airport** (IATA: ALJ, ICAO: FAAB) is a medium airport in Alexander Bay, Northern Cape, South Africa. It has 3 runways; the longest is 1,848 m (6,063 ft).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/faab

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ALJ / FAAB
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Alexander Bay, Northern Cape, South Africa
- Elevation: 30 m / 98 ft
- Coordinates: -28.5750, 16.5333
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 1,848 m / 6,063 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Bay_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3545310
- Weather station: FAAB · WMO 68403
- Ident: FAAB

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 1,848 m / 6,063 ft | 46 m / 151 ft | Asphalt | 347° / 167° | yes |
| 07/25 | 1,676 m / 5,499 ft | 36 m / 118 ft | Gravel | 044° / 224° |  |
| 11/29 | 1,470 m / 4,823 ft | 35 m / 115 ft | Gravel | 088° / 268° |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,848 m / 6,063 ft | #4,462 of 29,858 | #498 in Africa | #29 in ZA |
| Elevation | 30 m / 98 ft | =36,957 of 43,403 | =2,865 in Africa | #520 in ZA |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =6 in Africa | =4 in ZA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | AFIS | 118.700 |

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## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/faab/data