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King Shaka International Airport

ICAO FALE29.6144°S 31.1197°E90 m / 295 ftLarge airport
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King Shaka International Airport (IATA: DUR, ICAO: FALE) is a large airport in Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. It opened in 2010. It has one runway, 3,700 m (12,139 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Airports Company South Africa. In 2017 it handled 5.5 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 2010–2010
2010
OpenedKing Shaka International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Passenger TerminalDube Cargo Terminal
06/24061° / 241°
LENGTH3,700 m12,139 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2017
5.0M
4.7M
5.2M
5.5M
11121617

Routes

14 destinations · 7 countries
2,500 km5,000 km7,500 km2,500 mi5,000 miSHO · King Mswati III International Airport · 367 km / 228 miBFN · Bram Fischer International Airport · 470 km / 292 miMQP · Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport · 470 km / 292 miJNB · O.R. Tambo International Airport · 478 km / 297 miELS · King Phalo Airport · 492 km / 306 miHLA · Lanseria International Airport · 515 km / 320 miPLZ · Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport · 712 km / 442 miGRJ · George Airport · 959 km / 596 miCPT · Cape Town International Airport · 1,277 km / 793 miHRE · Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport · 1,299 km / 807 miADD · Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · 4,369 km / 2,715 miDOH · Hamad International Airport · 6,483 km / 4,028 miDXB · Dubai International Airport · 6,627 km / 4,118 miIST · İstanbul Airport · 7,886 km / 4,900 miISTDXBADDHRECPTHLAELSMQPDOHGRJBFNPLZSHODUR
Year-round14
SHOKing Mswati III International AirportEswatini · Eswatini Air367 km228 miBFNBram Fischer International AirportSouth Africa · CemAir470 km292 miMQPKruger Mpumalanga International AirportSouth Africa · Airlink470 km292 miJNBO.R. Tambo International AirportSouth Africa · LIFT (airline), FlySafair, South African Airways +2478 km297 miELSKing Phalo AirportSouth Africa · FlySafair492 km306 miHLALanseria International AirportSouth Africa · FlySafair515 km320 miPLZChief Dawid Stuurman International AirportSouth Africa · FlySafair, CemAir, Airlink712 km442 miGRJGeorge AirportSouth Africa · CemAir959 km596 miCPTCape Town International AirportSouth Africa · LIFT (airline), FlySafair, CemAir1,277 km793 miHRERobert Gabriel Mugabe International AirportZimbabwe · Airlink1,299 km807 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Ethiopian Airlines4,369 km2,715 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways6,483 km4,028 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates6,627 km4,118 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines7,886 km4,900 mi
Most destinationsCemAir 5FlySafair 5Airlink 4LIFT (airline) 2BidAir Cargo 2Eswatini Air 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from DUR. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “King Shaka International Airport” (revision of 16 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers5.5M (2017)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#317of 3,974 · #15 Africa · #3 ZALongest runway3,700 m12,139 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=270of 29,823 · =29 Africa · #6 ZAElevation90 m295 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=31,412of 43,341 · =2,690 Africa · =472 ZAAgeOpened 20102026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=12,749of 15,079 · =124 Africa · #12 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

5 channels
DURBAN Approach125.750
KING SHAKA ATIS127.000
KING SHAKA INT.121.650
KING SHAKA INT.KING SHAKA INT. Tower118.450
VOT TGV115.600