Airports / South Africa / FAYP
Ysterplaat Air Force Base
FAYPCape Town, South AfricaELEV 52 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
7 nm
To the nearest alternate
Cape Town International Airport (CPT).
Overview
Located in Cape Town, South Africa, Ysterplaat Air Force Base (FAYP) operates as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 52 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 FAYP for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Cape Town International Airport (CPT, 7 nm), Langebaanweg Airport (SDB, 58 nm), and Saldanha/Vredenburg Airport (FASD, 62 nm).
Charter pricing from FAYP depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under Maitland Aerodrome and AFS Brooklyn. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Cape Town.
Field capability
ICAO
FAYP
IATA
—
FAA / Local
FAYP
Elevation
52 ft
Coordinates
33.9002° S · 18.4983° 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 52 ft, FAYP sits lower than 95% 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.
- 7nmCPTCape Town International AirportCape Town
- 58nmSDBLangebaanweg AirportLangebaanweg
- 62nmFASDSaldanha/Vredenburg AirportSaldanha-Vredenburg
- 70nmRODRobertson AirportRobertson
- 136nmVREVredendal AirportVredendal
- 185nmOUHOudtshoorn AirportOudtshoorn
Location
Open the full mapFAYP · Ysterplaat Air Force Base · Cape Town, South Africa