King Mswati III International Airport — Mpaka, Eswatini

Eswatini's reigning monarch gives his name to King Mswati III International Airport, which opened in 2014 in the Lubombo region near the town of Mpaka as a replacement for the older Matsapha Airport that had long served the small southern African kingdom. Built with substantial financial and construction support from China, the airport attracted considerable scrutiny in its early years because scheduled international airline service was slow to materialize, leaving a large, modern terminal handling passenger volumes far below what its capacity was designed for. SHO eventually secured regular commercial flights connecting Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, to regional hubs in South Africa, gradually improving its utilization. The airport sits a considerable distance from Eswatini's capital and largest urban areas, a routing choice that drew domestic criticism but reflected the government's broader regional development goals for the eastern Lubombo area near the Mozambique border. Its long runway remains capable of handling wide-body aircraft well beyond current demand.