Pietermaritzburg Airport

Pietermaritzburg Airport
IATA: PZB ICAO: FAPM
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Pietermaritzburg
Location	Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Elevation AMSL	2,423 ft / 739 m
Coordinates	29°38′48″S 30°23′54″E
Map
PZB Location of Airport in KwaZulu-Natal
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 16/34 5,043 1,537 Asphalt

Pietermaritzburg Airport (IATA: PZB, ICAO: FAPM) is an airport, formally known as ORIBI Airport, in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. The airport serves the city of Pietermaritzburg and surrounds as well as the outer west suburbs of Durban. In 2013 the terminal building and apron were upgraded.

Scheduled services

View of an Airlink aircraft from the arrivals area

Airlines	Destinations
Airlink	Johannesburg, Cape Town
Federal Air	Durban-Virginia, Ulundi

Aeronautical information

Navigational aids

Type	Identification	Frequency
NDB	OBI	280
NDB	ORI	422.5
NDB	PU	407
NDB	PZ	257
VOR	PMV	117.9

Communication

Communication Frequency 122.0 MHz

Notes

The airport has Pilot Controlled night landing facilities. The lights are normally off and are switched on for a period of 15 minutes when Aircrew transmit 5 or 7 clicks in rapid succession on the communication frequency, depending on the intensity required (30% or 100%). Cloud break procedures are authorised onto runways 16 and 34, the procedures are fairly complicated due to the hilly terrain surrounding the airport.

Other activities at the airfield

• There is an Aero-club on the airfield (Called "Pitermartizburg Aero" Club).

Traffic statistics

Pietermaritzburg Airport passenger terminal viewed from the car park

Annual passenger traffic for Pietermaritzburg Airport

Year	Passengers	% Change
2010	59,199	2.0%
2011	95,875	62.0%
2012	102,688	7.1%
2013	109,897	7.0%
2014	125,836	14.5%
2015	129,848	3.2%

Nearby tourist attractions

• The Howick Falls
• Midmar Dam
• The Valley of a Thousand Hills