# Kimberley Airport (KIM / FAKM)

**Kimberley Airport** (IATA: KIM, ICAO: FAKM) is a large airport in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,000 m (9,843 ft). It is operated by Airports Company South Africa.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KIM / FAKM
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Airports Company South Africa
- Serves: Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa
- Elevation: 1,204 m / 3,950 ft
- Coordinates: -28.8054, 24.7649
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,000 m / 9,843 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
- Website: http://www.airports.co.za/airports/kimberley
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberley_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1141523
- Weather station: FAKM · WMO 68438
- Ident: FAKM

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 359° / 179° | yes |
| 10/28 | 2,439 m / 8,002 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 080° / 260° | yes |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [JNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faor.md) O.R. Tambo International Airport · South Africa · 454 km / 282 mi · CemAir, Airlink
- [CPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fact.md) Cape Town International Airport · South Africa · 820 km / 510 mi · CemAir, Airlink

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from KIM, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- 4Z [Airlink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airlink) · 2
- 5Z [CemAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cemair) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | =1,196 of 29,858 | =185 in Africa | #12 in ZA |
| Elevation | 1,204 m / 3,950 ft | =3,611 of 43,403 | =802 in Africa | #208 in ZA |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =24 in Africa | =13 in ZA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | BLOEMFONTEIN APP | 119.400 |
| GTE | APRON | 122.650 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [ZA-0045](https://dromopedia.com/airports/za-0045.md) John Weston Airport · 12 km / 7.8 mi
- [ZA-0308](https://dromopedia.com/airports/za-0308.md) Modderrivier Airport · 26 km / 16 mi
- [ZA-0145](https://dromopedia.com/airports/za-0145.md) Jacobsdal Airport · 35 km / 22 mi
- [ZA-0284](https://dromopedia.com/airports/za-0284.md) Farm Romance Airport · 36 km / 22 mi
- [ZA-0048](https://dromopedia.com/airports/za-0048.md) Barkly West Airport · 38 km / 23 mi
- [ZA-0326](https://dromopedia.com/airports/za-0326.md) Farm Grootfontein Airfield · 43 km / 27 mi

## 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Kimberley Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kimberley_Airport&oldid=1371349070), revision of 26 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/fakm/data