Nelspruit's Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport, also known as KMIA / Kruger Airport / Nelspruit Airport, is the best looking airport in South Africa - with a thatched roof, dark stone floors and most of all the intimate feeling of a smaller airport. The international and domestic departures are right next to each other, and the airlines each have a check-in desk right next to each other. The airport is privately owned and operated by Primkop Airport Management (Pty) Ltd.
On the 29th May 2011 we flew BA from Nelspruit to Joburg. Happily, there was very little to write up about. Our pilot, Lyndsay, did a fine job, and we enjoyed British Airways comfy spatious seats.
Airlines operating from Nelspruit Airport are:
Airlink (nelspruit@flyairlink.co.za, phone 013 750 2531/2/3/4)
SA Express
British Airways (operated by Comair, phone 013 750Â 0131 or 013 750 0196 for lost property)
You can fly from Nelspruit's Kruger Airport to Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town or Victoria Falls.
You can rent a car at Kruger Airport from Europcar, First Car Rental, Avis, Tempest Car Hire, Thrifty Car Rental, Hertz or Budget rent a car.
Enterprises at the airport include the South African National Parks, info centre, ABSA ATM, cake & coffee shop, Wimpy (go sit at the end of the Wimpy store to see the best views of planes coming into to land and take off), coffee and smokers bar, bag wrap facilities, forex, Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency, Bateleur Air Charter and a curio shop.
Nelspruit |
23km |
White River |
14km |
Oliver’s Restaurant & Lodge White River Country Club Pine Lake Hotel & Golf Course Cybele Forest Lodge & Spa Sabi Sabi Earth Lodge & Spa Jatinga Country Lodge Khweti Lodge & Santuary |
18 km 18 km 19 km 38 km  7 km 5 km |
God’s Window The Bourkes Luck Potholes The Blyde River Canyon Sabie Graskop Pilgrim’s Rest Barberton Hazyview |
103 km 126 km 134 km 65 km 93 km 103 km 62 km 45 km |
Kruger Airport commenced business operations in October 2002.