Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport
Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport Hoofman Dawid Stuurman Internasionale Lughawe | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Airports Company South Africa | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Gqeberha, South Africa | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Walmer, Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 226 ft / 68 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°59′05″S 025°36′37″E / 33.98472°S 25.61028°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | acsa.co.za | ||||||||||||||
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Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport (IATA: PLZ, ICAO: FAPE) is an airport serving Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha), a city in the Eastern Cape province in South Africa. It was formerly known as H. F. Verwoerd Airport and Port Elizabeth International Airport. The airport is owned and operated by the Airports Company South Africa which also operates nine other airports around South Africa. The airport is located approximately two miles south of the city's central business district. In 2017, the airport served 1,620,705 passengers.
The name of the airport was changed from Port Elizabeth International Airport to Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport in February 2021.