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Richards Bay airport (South Africa)
Richards Bay airport is located near Richards Bay, with Veldenvlei at 2mi↑, Arboretum at 2mi↑, Suits Me at 3mi↑, The Village at 3mi↑, Richards Bay at 4mi↑, Alton at 5mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in South Africa and Southernmost airports in South Africa
→ See also airports in South Africa
aerial view of Richards Bay airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : FARB
- IATA code : RCB
- Local code : -
Elevation : 33 m = 108ft
→ See also Highest airports in South Africa and Lowest airports in South Africa
Runways
- runway 05/23 : 1300m = 4265ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in South Africa
Coming to Richards Bay airport
Hotels : book on Hotels.com Booking Expedia
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By train : book on Trip.com
By plane :
- Richards Bay airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Empangeni airport at 12mi : book on Trip.com
- Mubatuba airport at 27mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Richards Bay airport FARB RCB
NOTAM for Richards Bay airport
NOTAMs are provided without any guarantee of their topicality. The pilot is the only person responsible for the verification of its validity before using it operationally to prepare a flight or to use it during its navigation.
NOTAM A2529/25
valid from Friday, July 18, 2025 at 10:55 to Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:00
Issued on Friday, July 18, 2025 at 10:56
Around Richards Bay airport (South Africa)
near
- Hotels in Veldenvlei
- Station de montagne Gréolières-les-Neiges at 5261mi↑
- Station de montagne La Colmiane at 5271mi↑
- Station de montagne La Molina at 5272mi↑
- Station de montagne Puigmal 2900 at 5275mi↑
- Station de montagne Beuil les Launes at 5277mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Cambre d'Aze at 5278mi↑
- Station de montagne Valberg at 5278mi↑
- Station de montagne Isola 2000 at 5280mi↑
- Station de montagne Capcir at 5280mi↑
- Station de montagne La Quillane at 5281mi↑
- Station de montagne Bolquère Pyrénées 2000 at 5281mi↑
- Station de montagne Font-Romeu at 5282mi↑
- for Richards Bay airport at 0mi↑
- for Empangeni airport at 12mi↑
- for Riverview airport at 22mi↑
nearest airports to Richards Bay airport (South Africa)
- Empangeni airport (FAEM EMG ) at 12mi↑NOTAM
- Riverview airport ( ZA-0064) at 22mi↑
- Mubatuba airport (FADK DUK ) at 27mi↑NOTAM
- Saint Lucia Estuary airport ( ZA-0065) at 33mi↑
- Eshowe airport (FAES ) at 40mi↑NOTAM
- Amatikulu ultralight airfield ( ZA-0062) at 43mi↑
- Isithebe airport (FAIS ) at 48mi↑NOTAM
- Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi airport (FAUL ULD ) at 50mi↑NOTAM
- Hluhluwe airport (FAHL HLW ) at 51mi↑NOTAM
- Ornate airport (FAON ) at 52mi↑NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in South Africa
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap