# Welkom Airport (WEL / FAWM)

**Welkom Airport** (IATA: WEL, ICAO: FAWM) is a small airport in Welkom, Free State, South Africa. It has one runway, 2,005 m (6,578 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: WEL / FAWM
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Welkom, Free State, South Africa
- Elevation: 1,348 m / 4,421 ft
- Coordinates: -27.9968, 26.6633
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,005 m / 6,578 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12695552
- Weather station: FAWM
- Ident: FAWM

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 2,005 m / 6,578 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Asphalt | 050° / 230° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,005 m / 6,578 ft | #3,818 of 29,858 | #439 in Africa | #24 in ZA |
| Elevation | 1,348 m / 4,421 ft | =2,779 of 43,403 | #535 in Africa | #138 in ZA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =42 in ZA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| RDO | RDO | 118.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [FAOD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faod.md) Odendaalsrus Airport · 14 km / 8.9 mi
- [FAHA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faha.md) Harmony Airport · 21 km / 13 mi
- [FABX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fabx.md) Beatrix Airport · 30 km / 18 mi
- [FAWS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faws.md) Wesselbronn Airport · 35 km / 22 mi
- [FAVI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/favi.md) Von Abo's Villa Airport · 43 km / 27 mi
- [ZA-0015](https://dromopedia.com/airports/za-0015.md) Aldam Airport · 57 km / 36 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)
- [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/fawm/data