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Queenstown Airport

Queenstown, South Africa

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Elevation

3637 ft

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Location

Queenstown · EC · South Africa

Position

-31.920°, 26.882° · 3637 ft elev.

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Regional gateway serving the Eastern Cape of South Africa.

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Queenstown, South Africa

Queenstown Airport (IATA: UTW, ICAO: FAQT) is a small regional airport serving Queenstown, a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It provides essential air connectivity for the surrounding Komani area and broader Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality. The airport operates with limited scheduled services, primarily connecting Queenstown to larger South African hubs. It plays an important role in supporting commerce, government travel, and access to healthcare in a region where road distances to major cities are significant. Due to its small size, the airport has basic passenger facilities and handles relatively low passenger volumes compared to major South African airports.

Terminals

The airport has a single small terminal building with basic check-in, arrivals, and passenger waiting facilities.

Getting to & from

Ground transport between the airport and the town of Queenstown is primarily via private vehicle, taxis, or car rental.

Airlines here

SA Airlink has historically provided scheduled service connecting Queenstown to Johannesburg and other regional destinations.

Notable facts

›Located in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
›Serves the town now officially known as Komani (formerly Queenstown).
›The airport is one of several smaller regional airports managed under South Africa's provincial and local authority structures.
›Runway and infrastructure are suited to smaller turboprop and regional jet aircraft.
›Air connectivity is vital for the region due to long road distances to major cities like Johannesburg and Cape Town.

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Encyclopaedia

Queenstown International Airport is an international airport located in Frankton, Otago, New Zealand, which serves the resort town of Queenstown. The airport handled 2.7 million passengers in the calendar year 2025, making it the fourth busiest airport in New Zealand by passenger total passenger traffic. The airport is known for its scenery and challenging approach to land due to the nearby high terrain and proximity to housing.

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