Hendrik Van Eck Airport — Phalaborwa, South Africa

PHW, Hendrik Van Eck Airport, serves Phalaborwa in Limpopo Province, South Africa, a town closely tied to copper mining and its position as a gateway to Kruger National Park's Phalaborwa Gate. The airport is named after Hendrik van Eck, a South African industrialist instrumental in developing the country's mining and industrial sectors. PHW supports both scheduled regional flights from Johannesburg and charter services catering to safari tourists heading into Kruger, making tourism and mining logistics its two primary functions. Its single runway and modest terminal reflect its role as a regional airport, but its proximity to one of Africa's premier wildlife reserves gives it outsized importance for South Africa's safari tourism industry.