MQP

Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport

ICAO FAKN25.3833°S 31.1053°E862 m / 2,829 ftLarge airport
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Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (IATA: MQP, ICAO: FAKN) is a large airport in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, South Africa. It opened in Oct 2002. It has one runway, 3,100 m (10,171 ft) long, asphalt.

Timeline

1 event · 2002–2002
OCT 2002
OpenedKruger Mpumalanga International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
05/23034° / 214° · LIT
LENGTH3,100 m10,171 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

8 destinations · 5 countries
Most destinationsAirlink 7FlySafair 2Federal Air 1Air Botswana 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from MQP. From the Wikipedia article “Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,100 m10,171 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=930of 29,823 · =148 Africa · #10 ZAElevation862 m2,829 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#5,923of 43,341 · #1,363 Africa · #311 ZAAgeOpened 20022026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=11,550of 15,079 · #116 Africa · #11 ZARunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =176 Africa · =42 ZA
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

2 channels
ARRAPP119.200
TWRTWR119.200