# Newcastle Airport (NCS / FANC)

**Newcastle Airport** (IATA: NCS, ICAO: FANC) is a medium airport in Newcastle, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. It has one runway, 1,500 m (4,921 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NCS / FANC
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Newcastle, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
- Elevation: 1,242 m / 4,074 ft
- Coordinates: -27.7706, 29.9769
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,500 m / 4,921 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_Airport_(South_Africa) (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7017363
- Weather station: FANC
- Ident: FANC

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 1,500 m / 4,921 ft | 23 m / 75 ft | Asphalt | 090° / 270° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,500 m / 4,921 ft | =6,995 of 29,858 | =644 in Africa | =54 in ZA |
| Elevation | 1,242 m / 4,074 ft | =3,399 of 43,403 | #723 in Africa | #192 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

- [LAY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faly.md) Ladysmith Airport · 93 km / 58 mi
- [HRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fahr.md) Harrismith Airport · 100 km / 62 mi
- [FAEO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faeo.md) Ermelo Airport · 142 km / 88 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/fanc/data