# King Mswati III International Airport (SHO / FDSK)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SHO / FDSK
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Mpaka, Lubombo Region, Eswatini
- Opened: 7 Mar 2014
- Elevation: 333 m / 1,092 ft
- Coordinates: -26.3586, 31.7169
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,600 m / 11,811 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Mbabane
- Website: https://www.eswacaa.co.sz/kmiii-airport/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Mswati_III_International_Airport (20 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2285574
- Weather station: FDSK
- Ident: FDSK

## Timeline

- 7 Mar 2014: King Mswati III International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 3,600 m / 11,811 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [JNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faor.md) O.R. Tambo International Airport · South Africa · 347 km / 216 mi · Airlink

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from SHO, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- 4Z [Airlink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airlink) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,600 m / 11,811 ft | =383 of 29,858 | =45 in Africa | #1 in SZ |
| Elevation | 333 m / 1,092 ft | =16,347 of 43,403 | #2,252 in Africa | #6 in SZ |
| Age | Opened 2014 | =13,089 of 15,079 | =131 in Africa |  |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =1 in SZ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | Sikhuphe Aproach Control | 128.000 |
| TWR | Sikhuphe Tower | 118.550 |
| GND | Sikhuphe Ground Control | 121.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [MTS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fdms.md) Matsapha International Airport · 45 km / 28 mi
- [MPM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fqma.md) Maputo Airport · 98 km / 61 mi
- [FABR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fabr.md) Barberton Airport · 103 km / 64 mi
- [MQP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fakn.md) Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport · 125 km / 77 mi
- [MZQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/famu.md) Mkuze Airport · 145 km / 90 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: “King Mswati III International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=King_Mswati_III_International_Airport&oldid=1371413936), revision of 26 Aug 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/fdsk/data