Durban International Airport Durban Internasionale Lughawe | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | South African Air Force | ||||||||||
| Serves | Durban, South Africa | ||||||||||
| Location | Isipingo, Prospecton | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1951 | ||||||||||
| Passenger services ceased | 30 April 2010 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 29 ft / 9 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°58′07″S 030°56′52″E / 29.96861°S 30.94778°E | ||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||
  FADN Location in the Durban metropolitan area | |||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
| Statistics (1951-2010) | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Source: List of the busiest airports in Africa, Co-located with AFB Durban | |||||||||||
Durban International Airport (formerly Louis Botha Airport) was the international airport of Durban from 1951 until 2010, when it was replaced by King Shaka International Airport, 60 kilometres (37 mi) to the north. The airport is co-located with AFB Durban.