Airports / South Africa / UTN
Upington Airport
FAUP / UTNUpington, South AfricaELEV 2,782 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
102 nm
To the nearest alternate
Sishen Airport (SIS).
Overview
Located in Upington, South Africa, Upington Airport (FAUP / UTN) operates as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 2,782 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
UTN has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Sishen Airport (SIS, 102 nm), Lime Acres Finsch Mine Airport (LMR, 115 nm), and Johan Pienaar Airport (KMH, 127 nm).
Quotes for flights out of UTN vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Pierre van Ryneveld. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from UTN, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
FAUP
IATA
UTN
FAA / Local
FAUP
Elevation
2,782 ft
Coordinates
28.4002° S · 21.2636° 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 2,782 ft, UTN sits higher than 50% 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.
- 102nmSISSishen AirportSishen
- 115nmLMRLime Acres Finsch Mine AirportLime Acres
- 127nmKMHJohan Pienaar AirportKuruman
- 139nmAGZAggeneys AirportAggeneys
- 186nmKIMKimberley AirportKimberley
- 191nmSBUSpringbok AirportSpringbok
Location
Open the full mapFAUP · Upington Airport · Upington, South Africa