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Location
Paarl · WC · South Africa
Position
-33.711°, 19.024° · 596 ft elev.
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Small general aviation airfield serving the Paarl winelands region.
Location
Paarl, South Africa
Paarl East Airport (ICAO: FAPU) is a small general aviation airfield located near Paarl, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It serves private pilots, flight training, and light aircraft operations rather than commercial scheduled airline services.
The airfield is situated in the heart of the Cape Winelands, close to the Berg River valley and within proximity to Franschhoek and Stellenbosch. It operates under South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) regulations and is not equipped for commercial passenger handling.
Due to its small scale, Paarl East has no IATA code and does not feature scheduled airline routes. It primarily supports local flying clubs, recreational aviation, and private flights in the greater Cape Town metropolitan region.
Getting to & from
The airfield is accessible by road via the N1 highway connecting Paarl to Cape Town, approximately 60 kilometres to the southwest.
Notable facts
- ›Designated ICAO code FAPU; no IATA code assigned.
- ›Located in the Cape Winelands region of the Western Cape province.
- ›Serves general aviation, private, and flight-training operations only.
- ›No scheduled commercial airline services operate from this airfield.
- ›Regulated by the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA).
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