Vryburg Airport is an airport serving Vryburg, a town in the North West province, South Africa. It is located approximately 2.5 kilometers south of the Vryburg CBD.HistoryIn 1919 the Royal Air Force built the first airport in Vryburg. It was located to the north of the town and west of the Gert Lubbe Sports Grounds. The area was originally identified by Major Court Treatt as a landing strip for the regular flights between Cairo and Cape Town. At that time the town council rented the terrain to the Royal Air Force for 10 cents a year.The current airport, which is located south of Vryburg was completed during March 1939. At that stage it could accommodate any existing aircraft type. The airport was used by the South African Department of Defence during the Second World War. After the end of the Second World War the Department of Defence notified the town council that it would no longer require the airport for defence purposes. The town council decided that it would continue the operation of the airport and applied to the Director of Civil Aviation (now the South African Civil Aviation Authority) for an aerodrome license and on 1 November the license application was granted.
