# K. D. Matanzima Airport (UTT / FAUT)

**K. D. Matanzima Airport** (IATA: UTT, ICAO: FAUT) is a medium airport in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,600 m (8,530 ft).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: UTT / FAUT
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Elevation: 732 m / 2,400 ft
- Coordinates: -31.5464, 28.6734
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,600 m / 8,530 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mthatha_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8214380
- Weather station: FAUT · WMO 68668
- Ident: FAUT

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 2,600 m / 8,530 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 113° / 293° | yes |
| 09/27 | 1,500 m / 4,921 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Grass | 069° / 249° |  |

## 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 · 603 km / 375 mi · Airlink

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from UTT, 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 | 2,600 m / 8,530 ft | =2,041 of 29,858 | =292 in Africa | #14 in ZA |
| Elevation | 732 m / 2,400 ft | =7,271 of 43,403 | =1,509 in Africa | #346 in ZA |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =24 in Africa | =13 in ZA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | MATANZIMA TWR | 121.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [FAUG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faug.md) Ugie Airport · 57 km / 35 mi
- [FAMQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/famq.md) Maclear Airport · 60 km / 37 mi
- [FAKF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fakf.md) Koffee Bay Airport · 66 km / 41 mi
- [FAID](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faid.md) Idutywa Airport · 70 km / 44 mi
- [ZA-0179](https://dromopedia.com/airports/za-0179.md) The Haven Airstrip · 81 km / 50 mi
- [JOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fapj.md) Port St Johns Airport · 81 km / 50 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: “Mthatha Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mthatha_Airport&oldid=1363061372), 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/faut/data