#1 CLOSEST OPTIONPLZ
Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport
Serves Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) · Eastern Cape · ICAO FAPE
Straight-line distance
64 km
(64.4 km exact)
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Eastern Cape-34.0453° S, 24.9215° E
Airports near Jeffreys Bay
Set on the Kouga coastline west of Algoa Bay along the N2 route in the Eastern Cape, Jeffreys Bay has Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport (PLZ) at 64 km by straight line as the closest airport in our 18-airport passenger comparison—170 km closer to Jeffreys Bay than the second-ranked option.
#1 CLOSEST IN PASSENGER COMPARISON
Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport (PLZ)
Eastern CapeREVIEWED PASSENGER COMPARISON
Three closest passenger airports to Jeffreys Bay
Ordered by unrounded Haversine distance from the Jeffreys Bay reference coordinate (-34.0453° S, 24.9215° E) and displayed to the nearest integer kilometer.
#2 ALTERNATIVEGRJ
George Airport
Serves George · Western Cape · ICAO FAGG
Straight-line distance
234 km
(234.4 km exact)
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#3 ALTERNATIVEELS
King Phalo Airport
Serves East London · Eastern Cape · ICAO FAEL
Straight-line distance
292 km
(291.6 km exact)
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Choosing an arrival airport for Jeffreys Bay
In TownWing’s 18-airport passenger comparison, Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport (PLZ) ranks #1 at 64 km by straight line from Jeffreys Bay, making PLZ the primary commercial terminal to check first when planning flights and ground transport.
The second and third airports in the comparison—George Airport (GRJ) at 234 km and King Phalo Airport (ELS) at 292 km—sit 170 km or more farther from Jeffreys Bay than PLZ. They are relevant mainly if your trip starts or finishes in another region rather than as direct transfers for Jeffreys Bay alone.
Local geography and road corridors around Jeffreys Bay
Jeffreys Bay is a coastal surf and holiday town on St Francis Bay west of Gqeberha, lying close to the Kromme and Gamtoos river mouths at the eastern gateway to the Tsitsikamma and Garden Route coast.
For the onward drive between PLZ and Jeffreys Bay, travellers typically use the N2 highway east into Gqeberha or west across the Storms River and Garden Route corridor. If your itinerary also covers nearby towns in the region, compare the airport distance profiles for Gqeberha, Plettenberg Bay, Knysna.
GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCE
Jeffreys Bay, on the map
Distances on this page use one GeoNames reference point for Jeffreys Bay, rather than a wider municipal boundary or your accommodation address.
- Place name
- Jeffreys Bay
- Recorded aliases
- Dzheffris-Bej, Jeffreys baai, Jeffreysbaai, jie fu li si bei
- Province
- Eastern Cape (ZA-EC)
- GeoNames ID
- 993910
- Reference coordinates
- -34.0453° S, 24.9215° E
- Terrain elevation (DEM)
- 49 m
- Timezone
- Africa/Johannesburg
- Map link
- Open in Google Maps ↗
NEARBY DESTINATIONS
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PROVENANCE & VERIFICATION
Updated & sources
Dataset snapshot: 2026-11-06 · GeoNames record modified: 2026-11-06 · Editorial review: 2026-11-06
- GeoNames record 993910 — Jeffreys Bay ↗ (snapshot 2026-11-06)
- OurAirports — South Africa airport records ↗ (snapshot 2026-11-06)
- OurAirports — Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport (FAPE) ↗ (closest passenger comparison airport record)
- Eastern Cape Parks & Tourism Agency (ECPTA) ↗ (regional tourism and destination reference for Eastern Cape)
Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) — Source file ↗