# Luderitz Airport (LUD / FYLZ)

**Luderitz Airport** (IATA: LUD, ICAO: FYLZ) is a medium airport in Luderitz, ǁKaras Region, Namibia. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,830 m (6,004 ft). It is operated by Namibia Airports Company. In 2021 it handled 1 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LUD / FYLZ
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Namibia Airports Company
- Serves: Luderitz, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
- Elevation: 139 m / 457 ft
- Coordinates: -26.6874, 15.2429
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,830 m / 6,004 ft
- Passengers: 1,404 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Windhoek
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BCderitz_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431966
- Weather station: FYLZ
- Ident: FYLZ

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 1,830 m / 6,004 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 017° / 197° |  |
| 12/30 | 1,167 m / 3,830 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Gravel | 099° / 279° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 5,360 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 3,333 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 6,234 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 5,476 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 4,971 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 5,100 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 5,202 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 6,459 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 5,646 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 5,103 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 1,412 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 1,404 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [ERS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fywe.md) Eros Airport · Namibia · 490 km / 304 mi · Westair Aviation

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- WV [Westair Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/westair-aviation) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1K (2021) | #3,246 of 3,974 | #206 in Africa | #7 in NA |
| Longest runway | 1,830 m / 6,004 ft | =4,542 of 29,858 | =500 in Africa | #15 in NA |
| Elevation | 139 m / 457 ft | =27,924 of 43,403 | #2,616 in Africa | #266 in NA |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =24 in Africa | =1 in NA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 124.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [FYAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fyas.md) Aus Airport · 104 km / 65 mi
- [NA-0181](https://dromopedia.com/airports/na-0181.md) Bakers Bay Airstrip · 112 km / 70 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: “Lüderitz Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lüderitz_Airport&oldid=1371388057), 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/fylz/data