Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport ( af, Kruger Mpumalanga Internasionale Lughawe) is located north east of

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Mpumalanga Mpumalanga () is a province of South Africa. The name means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique. It ...

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. Construction began in 2001 and it replaced the smaller Nelspruit Airport. It now serves travelers to

Kruger National Park Kruger National Park is a South African National Park and one of the largest game reserves in Africa. It covers an area of in the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in northeastern South Africa, and extends from north to south and from ea ...

. There are scheduled passenger flights to other South African cities as well as regional destinations. As of November 2022 German low-cost carrier

Eurowings Discover Eurowings Discover is a German airline headquartered in Frankfurt. It is owned by the Lufthansa Group and serves leisure destinations around the Mediterranean, North America and the Caribbean from its bases at Frankfurt Airport and Munich Airp ...

will commence operations between its Frankfurt-hub and Kruger-Mpumalanga via Windhoek, Namibia. The airport terminal, although small, is roofed almost entirely by thatch, making it the largest thatched structure in Africa, covering approximately 7,350m².

Airlines and destinations

Eurowings Discover flights operates via Windhoek. The airline has fifth freedom rights between Windhoek and Kruger Mpumalanga.

Aeronautical Information

The Airport is equipped with an CAT 1 ILS on runway 05 with co-located DME. There is also a NDB and a recently installed DVOR.

Traffic statistics

External links

Official website

References

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