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PLZ
IATA
Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport
Eastern Cape
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Updated 13 October 2026
Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport (PLZ) is a passenger airport in the Eastern Cape, serving Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth). From the Gqeberha reference point it is 3 km in a straight line. The distance is not a driving time, and the flight on your date still has to be checked.
- IATA
- PLZ
- Serves
- Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)
- Province
- Eastern Cape
- Passenger flights
- Passenger flights — check your travel date
Towns
Distances to the published town list, not to every settlement in the country.
Reference point
-33.98971, 25.61735
Eastern Cape, South Africa
The coordinate is the airport reference point, not a terminal door or a pickup bay.
Other passenger airports
Airport-to-airport distance. These figures do not start at a town.
Using PLZ as an arrival airport
Towns listed near PLZ
Among the towns published on this site, the nearest reference points are Gqeberha at 3 km; Jeffreys Bay at 64 km; Port Alfred at 125 km. That is the fixed town list, not a claim about every settlement in the country.
Don't carry the Gqeberha figure over to Jeffreys Bay. The listed distances are 3 km and 64 km. They are different reference points, so the shorter one is not the distance to the second town. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) is the associated place name on the airport record, not the location of every hotel.
Other passenger airports near PLZ
Airport-to-airport distance, measured from this airport's reference point to the other airport, puts King Phalo Airport (ELS) at 231 km; George Airport (GRJ) at 299 km; K. D. Matanzima Airport (UTT) at 394 km next. Do not mix those figures with a town-to-airport distance.
Technical record
- ICAO
- FAPE
- Identifier
- FAPE
- Type
- Large airport
- Elevation
- 69 m
Runways
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| Ends | Length | Width | Surface | Lighted | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 2160 m | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes | Open |
| 17 / 35 | 1677 m | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes | Open |
Passenger service reviewed 2026-10-12.
Profile reviewed 2026-10-13.
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