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Margate Airport
FAMG / MGHMargate, South AfricaELEV 495 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
62 nm
To the nearest alternate
Port St Johns Airport (JOH).
Overview
Margate Airport, listed as FAMG / MGH, is a mid-sized airport in Margate, South Africa. The field lies at an elevation of 495 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
MGH has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Port St Johns Airport (JOH, 62 nm), Pietermaritzburg Airport (PZB, 73 nm), and Virginia Airport (VIR, 75 nm).
Quotes for flights out of MGH vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from MGH, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
FAMG
IATA
MGH
FAA / Local
FAMG
Elevation
495 ft
Coordinates
30.8574° S · 30.3430° 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
Yes
Elevation vs South Africa fields
state range 20–5,700 ft
At 495 ft, MGH sits lower than 76% 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.
- 62nmJOHPort St Johns AirportPort St Johns
- 73nmPZBPietermaritzburg AirportPietermaritzburg
- 75nmVIRVirginia AirportDurban
- 85nmDURKing Shaka International AirportDurban
- 95nmUTTK. D. Matanzima AirportMthatha
- 140nmLAYLadysmith AirportLadysmith
Location
Open the full mapFAMG · Margate Airport · Margate, South Africa