FALM

Makhado Air Force Base Airport

ICAO FALM23.1599°S 29.6965°E935 m / 3,069 ftSmall airport
On the map
Makhado Air Force Base Airport
Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994 · Public domain · Commons

Makhado Air Force Base Airport (ICAO: FALM) is a small airport in Louis Trichardt Southwest, Limpopo, South Africa. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,020 m (13,189 ft). It is operated by South African Air Force.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
10/28090° / 270° · LIT
LENGTH4,020 m13,189 ftWIDTH46 m151 ftSURFACEAsphalt
10L/28R090° / 270°
LENGTH500 m1,640 ftWIDTH15 m49 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway4,020 m13,189 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#95of 29,858 · #10 Africa · #4 ZAElevation935 m3,069 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#5,313of 43,403 · #1,278 Africa · #293 ZARunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=715of 29,978 · =24 Africa · =13 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

4 channels
APPAPP121.200
ATISATIS115.000
GNDGND121.750
TWRTWR119.800