King Shaka International Airport

KwaZulu-Natal

Passenger flights — check your travel date

Updated 13 October 2026

King Shaka International Airport (DUR) is a passenger airport in KwaZulu-Natal, serving Durban. From the Durban reference point it is 28 km in a straight line. The distance is not a driving time, and the flight on your date still has to be checked. Pietermaritzburg Airport (PZB) is a different airport, 70 km from this reference point. For pickup, use the airport name printed on the ticket.

IATA: DUR
Serves: Durban
Province: KwaZulu-Natal
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Towns

Distances to the published town list, not to every settlement in the country.

Durban28 km

Pietermaritzburg70 km

Richards Bay128 km

Port Shepstone141 km

Margate156 km

Ladysmith175 km

Reference point

-29.61444, 31.11972

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

The coordinate is the airport reference point, not a terminal door or a pickup bay.

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Other passenger airports

Airport-to-airport distance. These figures do not start at a town.

Pietermaritzburg Airport PZB70 km

Richards Bay Airport RCB135 km

K. D. Matanzima Airport UTT318 km

Using DUR as an arrival airport

Towns listed near DUR

Among the towns published on this site, the nearest reference points are Durban at 28 km; Pietermaritzburg at 70 km; Richards Bay at 128 km. That is the fixed town list, not a claim about every settlement in the country.

Don't carry the Durban figure over to Pietermaritzburg. The listed distances are 28 km and 70 km. They are different reference points, so the shorter one is not the distance to the second town. Durban is the associated place name on the airport record, not the location of every hotel.

Other passenger airports near DUR

Airport-to-airport distance, measured from this airport's reference point to the other airport, puts Pietermaritzburg Airport (PZB) at 70 km; Richards Bay Airport (RCB) at 135 km; K. D. Matanzima Airport (UTT) at 318 km next. Do not mix those figures with a town-to-airport distance.

Technical record

ICAO: FALE
Identifier: FALE
Type: Large airport
Elevation: 90 m

Runways

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Ends	Length	Width	Surface	Lighted	Closed
06 / 24	3700 m	60 m	Asphalt	No	Open

Passenger service reviewed 2026-10-12.

Profile reviewed 2026-10-13.

OurAirports record

https://www.flyairlink.com/network

https://flysafair.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/203205741-Where-we-fly

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