Mthatha Airport (IATA: UTT; ICAO: FAUT) formerly known as Umtata Airport. It is medium airport and it caters for domestic flights only. The airport was previously named K. D. Matanzima Airport after Kaiser Matanzima, a president of the former Transkei. The airport offers both scheduled and private charter jet flights, and features one asphalt runway and one grass runway with basic facilities.