# Plettenberg Bay Airport (PBZ / FAPG)

**Plettenberg Bay Airport** (IATA: PBZ, ICAO: FAPG) is a medium airport in Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. It has one runway, 1,220 m (4,003 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Bitou Local Municipality.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PBZ / FAPG
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Bitou Local Municipality
- Serves: Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, South Africa
- Elevation: 142 m / 465 ft
- Coordinates: -34.0882, 23.3287
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,220 m / 4,003 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plettenberg_Bay_Aerodrome (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12694457
- Weather station: FAPG · WMO 68931
- Ident: FAPG

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 1,220 m / 4,003 ft | 20 m / 66 ft | Asphalt | 100° / 280° |  |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [CPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fact.md) Cape Town International Airport · South Africa · 436 km / 271 mi · CemAir
- [JNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faor.md) O.R. Tambo International Airport · South Africa · 1,002 km / 623 mi · CemAir

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 5Z [CemAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cemair) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,220 m / 4,003 ft | =9,537 of 29,858 | =780 in Africa | =91 in ZA |
| Elevation | 142 m / 465 ft | =27,762 of 43,403 | =2,611 in Africa | #460 in ZA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =42 in ZA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 124.800 |
| APP | George Approach | 128.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [ZA-0187](https://dromopedia.com/airports/za-0187.md) Dudley's Field · 5.1 km / 3.2 mi
- [ZA-0188](https://dromopedia.com/airports/za-0188.md) Bosrivier Airstrip · 7.4 km / 4.6 mi
- [ZA-0186](https://dromopedia.com/airports/za-0186.md) Stanley Island Airstrip · 11 km / 6.7 mi
- [ZA-0115](https://dromopedia.com/airports/za-0115.md) Knysna / High Way Airfield · 36 km / 22 mi
- [FAJP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fajp.md) Joubertina Airport · 54 km / 34 mi
- [ZA-0189](https://dromopedia.com/airports/za-0189.md) Leppan Airfield · 63 km / 39 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: “Plettenberg Bay Aerodrome”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plettenberg_Bay_Aerodrome&oldid=1363071908), revision of 7 Jul 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/fapg/data