Swartkop Air Force Base

By the numbers

• 13,109 ft

  Runway, all told

  2.2 nm of pavement across 2 runways

• 20th

  Longest in South Africa

  of 61 airfields in the country

• 2899th

  Longest in the world

  of 4,677 with a measured runway

• 11th

  Highest in South Africa

  4,780 ft above sea level

• 3 nm

  Nearest airfield

  FAWK, bearing 111

• Graded earth, Asphalt

  Surface

  1 of 2 lit