# King Shaka International Airport (DUR / FALE)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: DUR / FALE
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Airports Company South Africa
- Serves: Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
- Opened: 2010
- Elevation: 90 m / 295 ft
- Coordinates: -29.6144, 31.1197
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,700 m / 12,139 ft
- Passengers: 5,527,890 (2017)
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
- Website: https://kingshakainternationalairport.co.za
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Shaka_International_Airport (27 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q392728
- Weather station: FALE · WMO 68592
- Ident: FALE

## Timeline

- 2010: King Shaka International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 3,700 m / 12,139 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Asphalt | 061° / 241° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 5,036,962 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 4,747,237 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 5,192,703 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 5,527,890 | Wikidata |

## Routes

14 destinations in 7 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (14)

- [SHO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fdsk.md) King Mswati III International Airport · Eswatini · 367 km / 228 mi · Eswatini Air
- [BFN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fabl.md) Bram Fischer International Airport · South Africa · 470 km / 292 mi · CemAir
- [MQP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fakn.md) Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport · South Africa · 470 km / 292 mi · Airlink
- [JNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faor.md) O.R. Tambo International Airport · South Africa · 478 km / 297 mi · LIFT (airline), FlySafair, South African Airways, CemAir, Airlink
- [ELS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fael.md) King Phalo Airport · South Africa · 492 km / 306 mi · FlySafair
- [HLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fala.md) Lanseria International Airport · South Africa · 515 km / 320 mi · FlySafair
- [PLZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fape.md) Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport · South Africa · 712 km / 442 mi · FlySafair, CemAir, Airlink
- [GRJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fagg.md) George Airport · South Africa · 959 km / 596 mi · CemAir
- [CPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fact.md) Cape Town International Airport · South Africa · 1,277 km / 793 mi · LIFT (airline), FlySafair, CemAir
- [HRE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvha.md) Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport · Zimbabwe · 1,299 km / 807 mi · Airlink
- [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 4,369 km / 2,715 mi · Ethiopian Airlines
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 6,483 km / 4,028 mi · Qatar Airways
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 6,627 km / 4,118 mi · Emirates
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 7,886 km / 4,900 mi · Turkish Airlines

### Cargo (2)

- [JNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faor.md) O.R. Tambo International Airport · South Africa · 478 km / 297 mi · BidAir Cargo
- [HLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fala.md) Lanseria International Airport · South Africa · 515 km / 320 mi · BidAir Cargo

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (10)

- 5Z [CemAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cemair) · 5
- FA [FlySafair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flysafair) · 5
- 4Z [Airlink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airlink) · 4
- [LIFT](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lift) · 2
- EK [Emirates](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/emirates) · 1
- [Eswatini Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eswatini-air) · 1
- ET [Ethiopian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ethiopian-airlines) · 1
- QR [Qatar Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qatar-airways) · 1
- SA [South African Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/south-african-airways) · 1
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 1

### Cargo (1)

- [BidAir Cargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bidair-cargo) · 2

Former hub of [Velvet Sky](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/velvet-sky).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 5.5M (2017) | #317 of 3,974 | #15 in Africa | #3 in ZA |
| Longest runway | 3,700 m / 12,139 ft | =270 of 29,858 | =29 in Africa | #6 in ZA |
| Elevation | 90 m / 295 ft | =31,457 of 43,403 | =2,690 in Africa | =472 in ZA |
| Age | Opened 2010 | =12,735 of 15,079 | =124 in Africa | #12 in ZA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =42 in ZA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| DURBAN Approach |  | 125.750 |
| KING SHAKA ATIS |  | 127.000 |
| KING SHAKA INT. |  | 121.650 |
| KING SHAKA INT. | KING SHAKA INT. Tower | 118.450 |
| VOT TGV |  | 115.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [VIR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/favg.md) Virginia Airport · 18 km / 11 mi
- [PZB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fapm.md) Pietermaritzburg Airport · 70 km / 43 mi
- [RCB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/farb.md) Richards Bay Airport · 135 km / 84 mi
- [ULD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faul.md) Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi Airport · 147 km / 91 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: “King Shaka International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=King_Shaka_International_Airport&oldid=1375198572), revision of 16 Sep 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/fale/data