Richards Bay Airport

Richards Bay Airport (IATA: RCB, ICAO: FARB) is an airport in Richards Bay, South Africa.

Richards Bay Airport

Richardsbaai Lughawe
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwneruMhlathuze Local Municipality
LocationRichards Bay, South Africa
Elevation AMSL33 m / 109 ft
Coordinates28°44′27″S 32°05′31″E
Map
RCB is located in KwaZulu-Natal
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Location of Airport in KwaZulu-Natal
RCB is located in South Africa
RCB
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RCB (South Africa)
RCB is located in Africa
RCB
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RCB (Africa)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 1,300 4,265 Asphalt

Overview

It is independently managed and not part of the network of larger airports operated by the parastatal Airports Company South Africa (ACSA). The Airport is managed by Indiza Airport Management. The Airport is also home to one of the only aviation maintenance companies in the Northern KwaZulu-Natal, Alton Aero Engineering. South African Airlink used to fly the only scheduled flight service in and out of Richards Bay, using a fleet of Embraer E170 jet and BAe Jetstream 41 aircraft.

In late 2011, after much speculation, it was confirmed that the airport would undergo a major upgrade that would render the airport's status as International. The expansion project however, has been put on hold pending an outcome to the issue of the local township of Mandlanzini, with residents having settled in the path of the intended runway extension.

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Airlink Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo[1]

Traffic statistics
Annual passenger statistics [2]
YearPassengers % Change
2011 83,069Decrease10.2%
2012 80,978Decrease2.5%
2013 77,401Decrease4.4%
2014 80,205Increase3.6%

References
  1. "Airlink flights to Richards Bay from".
  2. "KwaZulu-Natal Top Business |". Kzntopbusiness.co.za. Retrieved 2 May 2022.


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