# Cape Winelands Airport (FAWN)

**Cape Winelands Airport** (ICAO: FAWN) is a small airport in Durbanville, Western Cape, South Africa. It opened in 1943. It has 2 runways; the longest is 900 m (2,952 ft).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / FAWN
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Durbanville, Western Cape, South Africa
- Opened: 1943 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 122 m / 399 ft
- Coordinates: -33.7700, 18.7400
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 900 m / 2,952 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
- Website: http://www.sky-messaging.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Winelands_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5454370
- Weather station: FACT · WMO 68816
- Ident: FAWN

## Timeline

- 1943: Cape Winelands Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 900 m / 2,952 ft | 20 m / 65 ft | Paved |  |  |
| 14/32 | 700 m / 2,296 ft |  | Concrete |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 900 m / 2,952 ft | =17,124 of 29,858 | =900 in Africa | #131 in ZA |
| Elevation | 122 m / 399 ft | =29,121 of 43,403 | #2,643 in Africa | #466 in ZA |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =38 in Africa | #4 in ZA |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =24 in Africa | =13 in ZA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Unmanned | Fisantekraal Traffic | 131.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [ZA-0091](https://dromopedia.com/airports/za-0091.md) Altona Airport · 11 km / 6.9 mi
- [ZA-0195](https://dromopedia.com/airports/za-0195.md) Contermanskloof Airstrip · 15 km / 9.5 mi
- [ZA-0120](https://dromopedia.com/airports/za-0120.md) Morningstar Airfield · 18 km / 11 mi
- [FAAA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/za-0355.md) Atlantic Aerodrome · 23 km / 14 mi
- [FASH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fash.md) Stellenbosch Airport · 25 km / 15 mi
- [CPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fact.md) Cape Town International Airport · 26 km / 16 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: “Cape Winelands Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cape_Winelands_Airport&oldid=1364587717), revision of 17 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/fawn/data