FAWK is the ICAO code for Waterkloof Air Force Base (IATA WKF), located in Pretoria, GT, South Africa.
Waterkloof Air Force Base (FAWK) is a medium airport in Pretoria, GT, South Africa. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code FAWK or IATA code WKF. It sits in Africa.
Waterkloof Air Force Base is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments.
Waterkloof Air Force Base sits at 4,940 ft above sea level. Hot-and-high conditions can meaningfully reduce takeoff performance in summer — planners should factor density altitude into payload and fuel decisions.
Local operations run on Africa/Johannesburg. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.
SkyAccess inventory for FAWK updates continuously as operators publish new empty legs and one-way repositioning trips. Pricing on each leg is available with a free account, and an inventory alert will email you the moment a leg appears on the route you care about.
Use this page to compare FAWK against nearby alternatives, browse live empty-leg pricing in both directions, and brief yourself on the runway and elevation profile before you book.
Air Force Base Waterkloof is an airbase of the South African Air Force. It is situated on the outskirts of Pretoria, and is the SAAF's busiest airbase. The base's name means "water ravine" in Afrikaans. Despite the name, this base is not located in the suburban town of Waterkloof, Pretoria, but lies to the south of Pretoria, 4.34 nmi (8.04 km) to the northeast of Centurion, Gauteng and 3.37 nmi (6.24 km) from AFB Swartkop, at an elevation of 1506 metres (4940 ft).
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