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Richards Bay Airport

airport in Richards Bay, South Africa
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Richards Bay Airport

Summary

Richards Bay Airport is an airport[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (129 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Richards Bay Airport is located in Richards Bay[3].
  • Richards Bay Airport is in the country of South Africa[4].
  • Richards Bay Airport's instance of is recorded as airport[5].
  • Richards Bay Airport's instance of is recorded as commercial traffic aerodrome[6].
  • Richards Bay Airport's IATA airport code is recorded as RCB[7].
  • Richards Bay Airport's ICAO airport code is recorded as FARB[8].
  • Richards Bay Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': -28.740833333333, 'longitude': 32.091944444444}[9].
  • Richards Bay Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': -28.74018, 'longitude': 32.093383}[10].
  • Richards Bay Airport sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+33'}[11].
  • Richards Bay Airport's aerodrome reference point is recorded as {'latitude': -28.741, 'longitude': 32.0921}[12].

Body

Geography

Richards Bay Airport is in the country of South Africa[4]. It is located in Richards Bay[3].

Physical Characteristics

Richards Bay Airport sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+33'}[11].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include airport[5] and commercial traffic aerodrome[6].

Why It Matters

Richards Bay Airport ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (129 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

South Africa

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55346|batch #55346]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 21w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates → —
    Aerodrome reference point → {'latitude': -28.741, 'longitude': 32.0921}
    Located in → —
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Airport", "FARB"]
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Airport", "FARB"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257634|batch #257634]]"
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