PLZ — Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport
Large airport in Gqeberha, South Africa.
- IATA code
- PLZ
- ICAO code
- FAPE
- Size
- large
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 1,519,612
- 2024 · Wikidata
- Nonstop routes
- —
- No open route data
- Time zone
- UTC+2
- Africa/Johannesburg
- Elevation
- 69 m
- 226 ft
- Runways
- 2
- Longest 2,160 m
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About PLZ
Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport is a large airport serving Gqeberha, South Africa. It opened in 1929 and is run by Airports Company South Africa and South African Air Force. 1,519,612 passengers used it in 2024.
Wikidata (CC0). Sources
Nearest airports
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| ELS | King Phalo Airport | 231 km |
| GRJ | George Airport | 299 km |
| UTT | K. D. Matanzima Airport | 394 km |
| MSU | Moshoeshoe I International Airport | 536 km |
| BFN | Bram Fischer International Airport | 548 km |
Distance from PLZ to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 2,160 m | 46 m | Asphalt |
| 17/35 | 1,677 m | 46 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa · -33.9897, 25.6174
Questions
Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport has the IATA code PLZ and the ICAO code FAPE. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.
PLZ is a large airport in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa, at -33.9897, 25.6174, 69 m above sea level.
PLZ is in the Africa/Johannesburg time zone, UTC+2.
1,519,612 passengers in 2024, according to Wikidata.
Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport opened in 1929.
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