# Vryburg Airport (VRU / FAVB)

**Vryburg Airport** (IATA: VRU, ICAO: FAVB) is a medium airport in Vryburg, North-West, South Africa. It has one runway, 1,200 m (3,937 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Naledi Local Municipality.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: VRU / FAVB
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Naledi Local Municipality
- Serves: Vryburg, North-West, South Africa
- Elevation: 1,195 m / 3,920 ft
- Coordinates: -26.9824, 24.7288
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,200 m / 3,937 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vryburg_Airport (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12695513
- Weather station: FAVB · WMO 68338
- Ident: FAVB

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 1,200 m / 3,937 ft | 20 m / 66 ft | Asphalt | 164° / 344° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,200 m / 3,937 ft | =10,151 of 29,858 | =796 in Africa | =97 in ZA |
| Elevation | 1,195 m / 3,920 ft | =3,669 of 43,403 | =811 in Africa | #211 in ZA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =42 in ZA |

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## 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/favb/data