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Medium airport · South Africa

Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport

Gqeberha, South Africa · #510 world#1 of 1 in country

PLZIATA code
FAPEICAO code
1.5Mpassengers in 2024
68 melevation · 223 ft
1929opened
Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport (PLZ)
Photo: NJR ZA · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport (PLZ/FAPE) is an airport in South Africa serving Gqeberha.

It handled 1,519,612 passengers in 2024, making it number 510 in our world ranking and number 1 of 1 ranked airports in South Africa.

Passengers per year

2011–2024
1.4M1.3M1.3M1.4M1.6M1.6M1.6M1.7M1.7M425.4K904.4K1.2M1.4M1.5M
2011’112012’122013’132014’142015’152016’162017’172018’182019’192020’202021’212022’222023’232024’24
Identification
IATA
PLZ
ICAO
FAPE
Wikidata
Q1432442
Location
City served
Gqeberha
Located in
Eastern Cape
Coordinates
-33.9900, 25.6103
Elevation
68 m (223 ft)
Organisation
Type
airport, commercial traffic aerodrome
Opened
1929-01-01
Operator
Airports Company South Africa
Named after
David Stuurman