# Pongola Airport (FAPL)

**Pongola Airport** (ICAO: FAPL) is a small airport in Pongola, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. It has one runway, 698 m (2,290 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / FAPL
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Pongola, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
- Elevation: 287 m / 942 ft
- Coordinates: -27.3622, 31.6067
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 698 m / 2,290 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pongola_Airport (2 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12694476
- Weather station: FDLV · WMO 68393
- Ident: FAPL

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 698 m / 2,290 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 698 m / 2,290 ft | =22,645 of 29,858 | #918 in Africa | #141 in ZA |
| Elevation | 287 m / 942 ft | =18,701 of 43,403 | =2,375 in Africa | #433 in ZA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =42 in ZA |

## Nearby airports

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- [FAIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faia.md) Itala Airport · 45 km / 28 mi
- [FDNH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fdnh.md) Nhlangano Airport · 47 km / 29 mi
- [FAIV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faiv.md) Ingwavuma Airport · 48 km / 30 mi
- [MZQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/famu.md) Mkuze Airport · 52 km / 32 mi
- [FDNS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fdns.md) Nsoko Airport · 53 km / 33 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/fapl/data