Airports / South Africa / LAY
Ladysmith Airport
FALY / LAYLadysmith, South AfricaELEV 3,548 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
40 nm
To the nearest alternate
Harrismith Airport (HRS).
Overview
Ladysmith Airport (FALY / LAY) is a mid-sized airport serving Ladysmith, South Africa. The airport sits 3,548 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into LAY for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Harrismith Airport (HRS, 40 nm), Newcastle Airport (NCS, 50 nm), and Pietermaritzburg Airport (PZB, 73 nm).
Charter pricing from LAY depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Ladysmith.
Field capability
ICAO
FALY
IATA
LAY
FAA / Local
FALY
Elevation
3,548 ft
Coordinates
28.5817° S · 29.7497° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs South Africa fields
state range 20–5,700 ft
At 3,548 ft, LAY sits higher than 55% of the 62 South Africa fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 40nmHRSHarrismith AirportHarrismith
- 50nmNCSNewcastle AirportNewcastle
- 73nmPZBPietermaritzburg AirportPietermaritzburg
- 89nmULDPrince Mangosuthu Buthelezi AirportUlundi
- 95nmDURKing Shaka International AirportDurban
- 98nmFCBFicksburg Sentraoes AirportFicksburg
Location
Open the full mapFALY · Ladysmith Airport · Ladysmith, South Africa