Virginia Airport

Virginia Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner eThekwini Municipality
Operator Indiza Airport Management
Serves Durban, South Africa
Elevation AMSL 20 ft / 6 m
Coordinates 29°46′14″S 031°03′30″E / 29.77056°S 31.05833°E / -29.77056; 31.05833Coordinates: 29°46′14″S 031°03′30″E / 29.77056°S 31.05833°E / -29.77056; 31.05833
Map
VIR
Location within the Durban metropolitan area
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 925 3,035 Asphalt
Sources:[1][2]

Virginia Airport (IATA: VIR, ICAO: FAVG) is an airport serving Durban,[1] the largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. This general aviation airport is located 10 kilometres (5.4 nautical miles) north of Durban.

This airport was the home of the Durban Airshow before it ran into problems by failing to meet new public safety standards.[3] The Durban Airshow was eventually permanently cancelled due to the close proximity of the crowd line to the runway.[3] Now Virginia Airport primarily serves as a training ground for pilots of varying skills.

The airport was threatened to be closed down in December 2018. The plan was to replace it by a development which would have comprised a hotel, upmarket residential houses as well as leisure and related developments. It was planned to build a new airport in Scottburgh on the South Coast of Durban, what did not materialize because it was disliked by the current Virginia Airport users because it is too far away from the city.[4][5]

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 20 feet (6 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 05/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 925 by 22 metres (3,035 ft × 72 ft).[1]

Runway as seen on the approach.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Airport information for FAVG from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. ↑ Airport information for VIR at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. 1 2 "Why the Virginia Airshow was cancelled | Northglen News". Northglen News. 2014-04-12. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  4. ↑ Attwood, Vivian; Naidoo, Mervyn (2015-05-10). "Virginia Airport will close by December 2018". IOL News. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  5. ↑ Shiraz, Habbib (2017-11-22). "Virginia Airport development bid rejected". Northglen News. Retrieved 2018-03-28.


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