King Shaka International Airport
King Shaka International Airport, abbreviated KSIA, is the primary international airport serving Durban, South Africa. It is located in La Mercy, KwaZulu-Natal, approximately 35 km north of the city centre of Durban.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: international airport serving Durban, South Africa
- Also known as: “DUR”, “King Shaka Airport”, “KSIA”, and “La Mercy”
- Historically known as: “La Mercy Airport”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Mercy and Westbrook.
La Mercy
Suburb
La Mercy is a coastal suburb of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, approximately 27 km north of Durban, South Africa. It is the location of Durban's King Shaka International Airport.
Westbrook
Suburb
Westbrook, also known as Westbrook Beach is a coastal village on the North Coast of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, approximately 35 kilometres north-east of Durban and 7 kilometres east of oThongathi.
King Shaka International Airport
Latitude
-29.61204° or 29° 36′ 43″ southLongitude
31.11889° or 31° 7′ 8″ eastElevation
91 metres (299 feet)Abbreviation
“KSIA”IATA airport code
DURICAO airport code
FALEUnited Nations Location Code
ZA DUROpen location code
5G2H94Q9+5HOpenStreetMap ID
way 209303759OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“King Shaka International Airport” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Koning Shaka Internasionale Lughawe”
- Afrikaans: “Koning Shaka- Internasionale Lughawe”
- Arabic: “مطار الملك شاكا الدولي”
- Asturian: “Aeropuertu Internacional Rei Shaka”
- Cebuano: “King Shaka International Airport”
- Chinese: “沙卡国王国际机场”
- Chinese: “沙卡國王國際機場”
- Danish: “King Shaka International Airport”
- Dutch: “Internationale Luchthaven King Shaka”
- Dutch: “King Shaka International Airport”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مطار الملك شاكا الدولى”
- Estonian: “Kuningas Shaka rahvusvaheline lennujaam”
- Finnish: “Kuningas Shakan kansainvälinen lentoasema”
- French: “aéroport international King Shaka”
- French: “Aéroport international King Shaka”
- French: “DUR”
- French: “Durban South Africa King Shaka International Airport”
- German: “DUR”
- German: “FALE”
- German: “Flughafen Durban King Shaka”
- German: “King Shaka International Airport”
- German: “King Shaka International”
- German: “La Mercy Airport”
- Hausa: “Filin jirgin saman King Shaka”
- Hungarian: “Shaka király nemzetközi repülőtér”
- Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Raja Shaka”
- Japanese: “キング・シャカ国際空港”
- Japanese: “ダーバン空港”
- Korean: “KSIA”
- Korean: “라 머시 공항”
- Korean: “킹 샤카 공항”
- Korean: “킹 샤카 국제 공항”
- Korean: “킹 샤카 국제공항”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “FALE”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “King Shaka internasjonale lufthavn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “La Mercy lufthavn”
- Norwegian: “King Shaka internasjonale lufthavn”
- Persian: “DUR”
- Persian: “FALE”
- Persian: “فرودگاه بین المللی کینگ شاکا”
- Persian: “فرودگاه بینالمللی کینگ شاکا”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy King Shaka”
- Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional King Shaka”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional King Shaka”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul King Shaka”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional Rey Shaka”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Байналмиллалии Кинг Шака”
- Turkish: “King Shaka Uluslararası Havalimanı”
- Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế King Shaka”
- Welsh: “Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol King Shaka”
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