Mthatha Airport is an airport serving Mthatha (formerly Umtata), a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The airport was previously named K. D. Matanzima Airport after Kaiser Matanzima, a president of the former Transkei.FacilitiesThe airport resides at an elevation of 2,429ft above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 14/32 which measures 2,600x. Runway 14/32 was expanded from its previous size of 2,000x in 2013; previously there was also a grass runway designated 09/27 which measured 1,500x.Military use and controlOn 16 May 2012, the Cabinet of South Africa approved a decision to hand over the airport for use by the South African National Defence Force (SANDF). On 21 May 2012, the airport was formally handed over to Lindiwe Sisulu, then Minister of Defence, by Noxolo Kiviet, then Premier of the Eastern Cape. Sisulu said that the airport would be used for border security operations, and the SANDF would contribute towards the development of the airport thus building regional transport infrastructure.
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