#1 CLOSEST OPTIONSIS
Sishen Airport
Serves Sishen · Northern Cape · ICAO FASS
Straight-line distance
187 km
(187.4 km exact)
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North West-26.9566° S, 24.7284° E
Airports near Vryburg
Vryburg sits at the crossroads of the N14 and N18 routes in the western North West province, where the top two airports in our passenger comparison—Sishen Airport (SIS) at 187 km from Vryburg and Kimberley Airport (KIM) at 206 km—differ by 18 km in straight-line distance from the town reference point (while the two airports themselves lie 216 km apart).
#1 CLOSEST IN PASSENGER COMPARISON
Sishen Airport (SIS)
North WestREVIEWED PASSENGER COMPARISON
Three closest passenger airports to Vryburg
Ordered by unrounded Haversine distance from the Vryburg reference coordinate (-26.9566° S, 24.7284° E) and displayed to the nearest integer kilometer.
#2 ALTERNATIVEKIM
Kimberley Airport
Serves Kimberley · Northern Cape · ICAO FAKM
Straight-line distance
206 km
(205.6 km exact)
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#3 ALTERNATIVEBFN
Bram Fischer International Airport
Serves Bloemfontein · Free State · ICAO FABL
Straight-line distance
283 km
(283.3 km exact)
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Why #1 SIS (187 km) and #2 KIM (206 km) should be compared together
Measured from the Vryburg reference coordinate, Sishen Airport (SIS) is 187 km away and Kimberley Airport (KIM) is 206 km away (whereas the two airports sit 216 km from each other). Because a 18 km difference in distance from Vryburg is small relative to the onward drive, compare airline schedules, car-hire availability, and actual highway routes from both terminals before booking.
The third airport in the table, Bram Fischer International Airport (BFN) at 283 km from Vryburg, sits in a much more distant catchment and is not as convenient as SIS or KIM for a direct transfer.
Local geography and road corridors around Vryburg
Vryburg is the cattle-ranching and agricultural seat of the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati district in the western North West province, situated where the N14 Kalahari corridor crosses the N18.
For the onward drive between SIS or KIM and Vryburg, travellers typically use the N14 west to Sishen/Kathu or the N18 south to Kimberley. If your itinerary also covers nearby towns in the region, compare the airport distance profiles for Kimberley, Welkom, Potchefstroom.
GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCE
Vryburg, on the map
Distances on this page use one GeoNames reference point for Vryburg, rather than a wider municipal boundary or your accommodation address.
- Place name
- Vryburg
- Recorded aliases
- Frejburg, Frejburga, VRU, fu lei bao
- Province
- North West (ZA-NW)
- GeoNames ID
- 942511
- Reference coordinates
- -26.9566° S, 24.7284° E
- Terrain elevation (DEM)
- 1,202 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 942511 — Vryburg ↗ (snapshot 2026-11-06)
- OurAirports — South Africa airport records ↗ (snapshot 2026-11-06)
- OurAirports — Sishen Airport (FASS) ↗ (closest passenger comparison airport record)
- North West Parks and Tourism Board ↗ (regional tourism and destination reference for North West)
Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) — Source file ↗