# Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi Airport (ULD / FAUL)

**Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi Airport** (IATA: ULD, ICAO: FAUL) is a medium airport in Ulundi, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. It has one runway, 1,640 m (5,381 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ULD / FAUL
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Ulundi, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
- Elevation: 524 m / 1,720 ft
- Coordinates: -28.3206, 31.4165
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,640 m / 5,381 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulundi_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12694532
- Weather station: FAUL · WMO 68493
- Ident: FAUL

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 1,640 m / 5,381 ft | 23 m / 75 ft | Asphalt | 034° / 214° | yes |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [PZB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fapm.md) Pietermaritzburg Airport · South Africa · 178 km / 111 mi · Federal Air
- [JNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faor.md) O.R. Tambo International Airport · South Africa · 396 km / 246 mi · Federal Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 7V [Federal Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/federal-air) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,640 m / 5,381 ft | =5,653 of 29,858 | =583 in Africa | #40 in ZA |
| Elevation | 524 m / 1,720 ft | =10,438 of 43,403 | =1,794 in Africa | #381 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

- [RCB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/farb.md) Richards Bay Airport · 81 km / 50 mi
- [MZQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/famu.md) Mkuze Airport · 99 km / 61 mi
- [DUR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fale.md) King Shaka International Airport · 147 km / 91 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: “Ulundi Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ulundi_Airport&oldid=1363084638), 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/faul/data