King Mswati III International Airport

ICAO FDSK26.3586°S 31.7169°E333 m / 1,092 ftLarge airport

King Mswati III International Airport (IATA: SHO, ICAO: FDSK) is a large airport in Mpaka, Lubombo Region, Eswatini. It opened on 7 Mar 2014. It has one runway, 3,600 m (11,811 ft) long, asphalt.

Timeline

1 event · 2014–2014

07 MAR 2014

OpenedKing Mswati III International Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

02/20 · LIT

LENGTH3,600 m11,811 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

1 destinations · 1 country

Year-round1

JNBO.R. Tambo International AirportSouth Africa · Airlink347 km216 mi

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SHO. From the Wikipedia article “King Mswati III International Airport” (revision of 26 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Longest runway3,600 m11,811 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=383of 29,823 · =45 Africa · #1 SZ Elevation333 m1,092 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=16,330of 43,341 · #2,252 Africa · #6 SZ AgeOpened 20142026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=13,103of 15,079 · =131 Africa Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =176 Africa · =1 SZ

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

3 channels

APPSikhuphe Aproach Control128.000

TWRSikhuphe Tower118.550

GNDSikhuphe Ground Control121.800