Alexander Bay Airport

Alexander Bay Airport is an airport serving Alexander Bay, a town in the province of South Africa. The airport was closed in 2007, and locals in Alexander Bay usually use instead, which is just across the border in Namibia, located about 18 km away.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport serving Alexander Bay, a town in the Northern Cape province in South Africa
  • Also known as: “Alexander Bay”, “ALJ”, and “FAAB”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alexander Bay.

is a town of 1,700 people in the province of , close to the border with and the Orange River mouth. It is near the southern end of the Namib desert, and is officially also the driest town in South Africa with an average annual rainfall of less than 51 millimetres.

Alexander Bay Airport

Latitude
-28.57448° or 28° 34′ 28″ south
Longitude
16.52819° or 16° 31′ 42″ east
Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)
IATA airport code
ALJ
ICAO airport code
FAAB
Open location code
5F3RCGGH+67
Open­Street­Map ID
way 810006869
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6296877
Wiki­data ID
Q3545310
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Alexander Bay Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Alexander Bay Airport”
  • Chinese: “亞歷山大灣機場”
  • French: “aérodrome d’Alexander Bay”
  • French: “Aérodrome d’Alexander Bay”
  • Indonesian: “ALJ”
  • Indonesian: “FAAB”
  • Japanese: “アレクサンダー・ベイ飛行場”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Alexander Bay”
  • Malayalam: “അലക്സാണ്ടർ ബേ വിമാനത്താവളം”
  • Persian: “ALJ”
  • Persian: “FAAB”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه الکساندر بی”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Alexander Bay”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Alexander Bay”
  • Russian: “Александер-Бей (аэропорт)”
  • Russian: “Александер-Бей”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи аликсондир бе”
  • Uzbek: “Alexander Bay aeroporti”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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