# Durban International Airport, Durban, South Africa

**Durban International Airport** was an airport in Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. It opened in 1951. It had one runway, 2,440 m (8,005 ft) long, asphalt. It was operated by South African Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/za-0327

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Operator: South African Air Force
- Serves: Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
- Opened: 1951
- Elevation: 10 m / 33 ft
- Coordinates: -29.9698, 30.9503
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,440 m / 8,005 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durban_International_Airport (20 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1266839
- Weather station: FADN · WMO 68588
- Ident: ZA-0327

## Timeline

- 1951: Durban International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 2,440 m / 8,005 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Asphalt | 036° / 216° | yes |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 119.100 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 127.000 |
| GTE | APRON | 122.650 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.700 |

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## In collections

- [Closed and historic](https://dromopedia.com/collections/closed) #21

## 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/za-0327/data