# Pietermaritzburg Airport (PZB / FAPM)

**Pietermaritzburg Airport** (IATA: PZB, ICAO: FAPM) is a medium airport in Pietermaritzburg, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. It has one runway, 1,537 m (5,043 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Msunduzi Local Municipality.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PZB / FAPM
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Msunduzi Local Municipality
- Serves: Pietermaritzburg, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
- Elevation: 739 m / 2,423 ft
- Coordinates: -29.6490, 30.3987
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,537 m / 5,043 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietermaritzburg_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q764703
- Weather station: FAPM
- Ident: FAPM

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 1,537 m / 5,043 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 142° / 322° | yes |

- 16/34 slopes 1.4%: threshold 16 at 717 m / 2,351 ft, threshold 34 at 739 m / 2,423 ft.

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [JNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faor.md) O.R. Tambo International Airport · South Africa · 444 km / 276 mi · Airlink

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 4Z [Airlink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airlink) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,537 m / 5,043 ft | #6,241 of 29,858 | #634 in Africa | #52 in ZA |
| Elevation | 739 m / 2,423 ft | =7,208 of 43,403 | #1,505 in Africa | #345 in ZA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =42 in ZA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 122.000 |
| APP | Durban Approach Control | 125.750 |

## Nearby airports

- [VIR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/favg.md) Virginia Airport · 65 km / 40 mi
- [DUR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fale.md) King Shaka International Airport · 70 km / 43 mi
- [LAY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faly.md) Ladysmith Airport · 134 km / 84 mi
- [MGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/famg.md) Margate 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Pietermaritzburg Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pietermaritzburg_Airport&oldid=1366034603), revision of 25 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/fapm/data