# Ysterplaat Air Force Base (FAYP)

**Ysterplaat Air Force Base** (ICAO: FAYP) is a medium airport in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. It has one runway, 1,585 m (5,200 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by South African Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / FAYP
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: South African Air Force
- Serves: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
- Elevation: 16 m / 52 ft
- Coordinates: -33.9002, 18.4983
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,585 m / 5,200 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
- Website: http://www.af.mil.za/bases/afb_ysterplaat/default.htm
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_Base_Ysterplaat (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4651424
- Weather station: FACT · WMO 68816
- Ident: FAYP

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 1,585 m / 5,200 ft | 23 m / 75 ft | Asphalt | 356° / 176° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,585 m / 5,200 ft | =5,980 of 29,858 | #614 in Africa | #46 in ZA |
| Elevation | 16 m / 52 ft | =39,086 of 43,403 | =2,951 in Africa | =527 in ZA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =42 in ZA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | CAPE TOWN APP | 119.700 |
| GND | GND | 121.850 |
| TWR | TWR | 125.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [CPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fact.md) Cape Town International Airport · 13 km / 7.9 mi
- [SDB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/falw.md) Langebaanweg Airport · 108 km / 67 mi
- [FASD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fasd.md) Saldanha/Vredenburg Airport · 115 km / 72 mi
- [ROD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fars.md) Robertson Airport · 130 km / 81 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/fayp/data