MQPFAKN

Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport

Mbombela, South Africa · Africa

Africa Africa/Johannesburg

7direct destinations

4airlines

1runway

3,100 mLongest runway

2002opened

Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (IATA: MQP, ICAO: FAKN) (Afrikaans: Kruger Mpumalanga Internasionale Lughawe) is an airport located 16 km (9.9 mi), or 27 km (17 mi) by road, north east of Mbombela (formerly known as Nelspruit) in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The airport opened on 21 October 2002, replacing the smaller Nelspruit Airport. It primarily serves tourists to Kruger National Park. The airport terminal is almost entirely covered by a thatched roof, making it the largest thatched structure in Africa, covering approximately 7,350 m2 (79,100 ft2).

Location

25.383°S, 31.105°E · 862 m s. n. m. (2.829 ft)

General data

CountrySouth Africa

CityMbombela

IATA codeMQP

ICAO codeFAKN

Coordinates25.383°S, 31.105°E

Elevation862 m s. n. m. (2.829 ft)

Time zoneAfrica/Johannesburg

Runways1

Longest runway3,100 m

Opened2002

Direct destinations7

Official website

Runways · 1

05/23

Length3,100 m10,171 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 1

Tower

119.200TWR · APP

Look for a live feed on LiveATC External site; not every airport has a feed.

Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

Airlines operating here · 4

Other airlines with direct routes

Airlink FlySafair Air Botswana Fastjet Zimbabwe

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: BlogDeBanderas · CC BY-SA 4.0 · view original

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (MQP). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MQP

MLA

“Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (MQP).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MQP. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (MQP).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MQP.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (MQP). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MQP (Accessed: 17 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_mqp,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (MQP)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MQP},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MQP}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-17},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}

Wikipedia

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