# Ladysmith Airport (LAY / FALY)

**Ladysmith Airport** (IATA: LAY, ICAO: FALY) is a medium airport in Ladysmith, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. It has one runway, 1,200 m (3,937 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LAY / FALY
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Ladysmith, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
- Elevation: 1,081 m / 3,548 ft
- Coordinates: -28.5817, 29.7497
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,200 m / 3,937 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladysmith_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8214433
- Weather station: FALY
- Ident: FALY

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 1,200 m / 3,937 ft | 15 m / 49 ft | Asphalt | 090° / 270° |  |

- 11/29 slopes 1.6%: threshold 11 at 1,063 m / 3,486 ft, threshold 29 at 1,081 m / 3,548 ft.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,200 m / 3,937 ft | =10,151 of 29,858 | =796 in Africa | =97 in ZA |
| Elevation | 1,081 m / 3,548 ft | #4,278 of 43,403 | #1,002 in Africa | #244 in ZA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =42 in ZA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 124.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [HRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fahr.md) Harrismith Airport · 74 km / 46 mi
- [NCS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fanc.md) Newcastle Airport · 93 km / 58 mi
- [PZB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fapm.md) Pietermaritzburg Airport · 134 km / 84 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)
- [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/faly/data