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Richards Bay Airport
FARB / RCBRichards Bay, South AfricaELEV 109 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
44 nm
To the nearest alternate
Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi Airport (ULD).
Overview
Richards Bay Airport, listed as FARB / RCB, is a mid-sized airport in Richards Bay, South Africa. The field lies at an elevation of 109 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
RCB has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi Airport (ULD, 44 nm), Mkuze Airport (MZQ, 67 nm), and King Shaka International Airport (DUR, 73 nm).
Quotes for flights out of RCB vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from RCB, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
FARB
IATA
RCB
FAA / Local
FARB
Elevation
109 ft
Coordinates
28.7410° S · 32.0921° 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 109 ft, RCB sits lower than 90% 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.
- 44nmULDPrince Mangosuthu Buthelezi AirportUlundi
- 67nmMZQMkuze AirportMkuze
- 73nmDURKing Shaka International AirportDurban
- 82nmVIRVirginia AirportDurban
- 104nmPZBPietermaritzburg AirportPietermaritzburg
- 124nmLAYLadysmith AirportLadysmith
Location
Open the full mapFARB · Richards Bay Airport · Richards Bay, South Africa