UTN

Upington Airport

ICAO FAUP28.4002°S 21.2636°E848 m / 2,782 ftMedium airport
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Upington Airport (IATA: UTN, ICAO: FAUP) is a medium airport in Upington, Northern Cape, South Africa. It opened in 1968. It has 3 runways; the longest is 4,900 m (16,076 ft). It is operated by Airports Company South Africa.

Timeline

1 event · 1968–1968
1968
OpenedUpington Airport opens.
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
17/35153° / 333° · LIT
LENGTH4,900 m16,076 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
01/19 · LIT
LENGTH2,438 m7,998 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
08/26059° / 239° · LIT
LENGTH834 m2,736 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

2 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from UTN. From the Wikipedia article “Upington Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway4,900 m16,076 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#4of 29,823 · #1 Africa · #1 ZAElevation848 m2,782 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=6,052of 43,341 · #1,379 Africa · #316 ZAAgeOpened 19682026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=5,888of 15,079 · =74 Africa · #8 ZARunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =6 Africa · =4 ZA
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

3 channels
APPAPP121.300
MISCAPRON OFFICE122.650
TWRTWR121.300