Hendrik Van Eck Airport

Phalaborwa Airport is an serving , a town in the province of . It was previously known as Hendrik van Eck Airport, named after the South African engineer and industrialist who died in 1970.
  • Aerodrome
  • …lies at an elevation of 436 metres (1,430 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code PHW
  • …has the ICAO airport code FAPH
  • Description: airport
  • Also known as
    “FAPH”
    “Hendrik van Eck”
    “Kruger Park Gateway”
    “Phalaborwa”
    “Phalaborwa Airport”
    “PHW”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Phalaborwa.
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is a town in the Mopani district of the Limpopo province in .
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Latitude
-23.93638° or 23° 56′ 11″ south
Longitude
31.15552° or 31° 9′ 20″ east
Open location code
5G8H3574+C6
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Hendrik Van Eck Airport” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Hendrik van Eck-lughawe”
  • Cebuano: “Hendrik Van Eck Airport”
  • Chinese: “亨德里凡埃克机场”
  • Chinese: “亨德里凡埃克機場”
  • French: “Aérodrome Hendrik Van Eck de Phalaborwa”
  • Indonesian: “FAPH”
  • Indonesian: “PHW”
  • Japanese: “ファラボルワ”
  • Japanese: “ヘンドリック・バン・エック空港”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Phalaborwa”
  • Persian: “FAPH”
  • Persian: “PHW”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه هندریک فان اک”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Hendrik Van Eck”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Hendrik Van Eck”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи ҳндрик фон ок”
  • Turkish: “Hendrik van Eck Havalimanı”
  • Uzbek: “Hendrik Van Eck aeroporti”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay Hendrik Van Eck”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Hendrik Van Eck”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include President Kruger Park and Woyer Street Park.

Limpopo: Highlights

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