Airports / South Africa / PRY
Wonderboom Airport
FAWB / PRYPretoria, South AfricaELEV 4,095 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
10 nm
To the nearest alternate
Swartkop Air Force Base (FASK) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Pretoria, South Africa, Wonderboom Airport (FAWB / PRY) operates as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 4,095 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 PRY for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Swartkop Air Force Base (FASK, 10 nm), Waterkloof Air Force Base (WKF, 11 nm), and Grand Central Airport (GCJ, 20 nm).
Charter pricing from PRY depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Pretoria.
Field capability
ICAO
FAWB
IATA
PRY
FAA / Local
FAWB
Elevation
4,095 ft
Coordinates
25.6539° S · 28.2242° 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 4,095 ft, PRY sits higher than 68% 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.
- 10nmFASKSwartkop Air Force BasePretoria
- 11nmWKFWaterkloof Air Force BasePretoria
- 20nmGCJGrand Central AirportMidrand
- 23nmHLALanseria International AirportJohannesburg
- 29nmJNBO.R. Tambo International AirportJohannesburg
- 36nmQRARand AirportJohannesburg
Location
Open the full mapFAWB · Wonderboom Airport · Pretoria, South Africa