# Hendrik Van Eck Airport (PHW / FAPH)

**Hendrik Van Eck Airport** (IATA: PHW, ICAO: FAPH) is a medium airport in Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South Africa. It has one runway, 1,369 m (4,491 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PHW / FAPH
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South Africa
- Elevation: 437 m / 1,432 ft
- Coordinates: -23.9372, 31.1554
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,369 m / 4,491 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik_Van_Eck_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1028335
- Weather station: FAPH
- Ident: FAPH

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 1,369 m / 4,491 ft | 18 m / 60 ft | Asphalt | 354° / 174° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,369 m / 4,491 ft | =8,242 of 29,858 | #723 in Africa | #74 in ZA |
| Elevation | 437 m / 1,432 ft | =12,595 of 43,403 | #1,981 in Africa | #403 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

- [HDS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faht.md) Eastgate Airport / Air Force Base Hoedspruit · 48 km / 30 mi
- [LTA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fatz.md) Tzaneen Airport · 85 km / 53 mi
- [AAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/famd.md) Malamala Airport · 105 km / 66 mi
- [SZK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fasz.md) Skukuza Airport · 122 km / 76 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/faph/data