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Airports in South Africa
South Africa has 641 airports and airfields, including 11 large and 51 medium-sized airports; 23 have scheduled passenger flights. The capital, Pretoria, is served by Swartkop Air Force Base, Waterkloof Air Force Base (WKF) and Wonderboom Airport (PRY).
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Large airports
51
Medium airports
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With scheduled flights
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All airfields & heliports
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- Medium / scheduled airport
List of airports in South Africa
| Airport | City | IATA | ICAO | Type | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bram Fischer International Airport | Bloemfontein | BFN | FABL | Large airport | 4,457 ft |
| Cape Town International Airport Meet & Greet → | Cape Town | CPT | FACT | Large airport | 151 ft |
| Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport Meet & Greet → | Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) | PLZ | FAPE | Large airport | 226 ft |
| George Airport Meet & Greet → | George | GRJ | FAGG | Large airport | 648 ft |
| Kimberley Airport | Kimberley | KIM | FAKM | Large airport | 3,950 ft |
| King Phalo Airport Meet & Greet → | East London | ELS | FAEL | Large airport | 435 ft |
| King Shaka International Airport Meet & Greet → | Durban | DUR | FALE | Large airport | 295 ft |
| Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport | Mbombela | MQP | FAKN | Large airport | 2,829 ft |
| Lanseria International Airport Meet & Greet → | Johannesburg | HLA | FALA | Large airport | 4,517 ft |
| O.R. Tambo International Airport Meet & Greet → | Johannesburg | JNB | FAOR | Large airport | 5,558 ft |
| Polokwane International Airport | Polokwane | PTG | FAPP | Large airport | 4,076 ft |
| Eastgate Airport / Air Force Base Hoedspruit | Hoedspruit | HDS | FAHS | Medium airport | 1,801 ft |
| Hendrik Van Eck Airport | Phalaborwa | PHW | FAPH | Medium airport | 1,432 ft |
| K. D. Matanzima Airport | Mthatha | UTT | FAUT | Medium airport | 2,400 ft |
| Margate Airport | Margate | MGH | FAMG | Medium airport | 495 ft |
| Mkuze Airport | Mkuze | MZQ | FAMU | Medium airport | 400 ft |
| Mmabatho International Airport | Mafeking | MBD | FAMM | Medium airport | 4,181 ft |
| Pietermaritzburg Airport | Pietermaritzburg | PZB | FAPM | Medium airport | 2,423 ft |
| Pietersburg Municipal Airport | Polokwane | — | FAPI | Medium airport | 4,354 ft |
| Richards Bay Airport | Richards Bay | RCB | FARB | Medium airport | 109 ft |
| Sishen Airport | Sishen | SIS | FASS | Medium airport | 3,848 ft |
| Skukuza Airport | Skukuza | SZK | FASZ | Medium airport | 1,020 ft |
| Upington Airport | Upington | UTN | FAUP | Medium airport | 2,782 ft |
| Aggeneys Airport (no scheduled flights) | Aggeneys | AGZ | FAAG | Medium airport | 2,648 ft |
| Alexander Bay Airport (no scheduled flights) | Alexander Bay | ALJ | FAAB | Medium airport | 98 ft |
| Barberton Airport (no scheduled flights) | Umjindi (Barberton) | — | FABR | Medium airport | 2,250 ft |
| Bisho Airport (no scheduled flights) | Bisho | BIY | FABE | Medium airport | 1,950 ft |
| Ermelo Airport (no scheduled flights) | Ermelo | — | FAEO | Medium airport | 5,700 ft |
| Ficksburg Sentraoes Airport (no scheduled flights) | Ficksburg | FCB | FAFB | Medium airport | 5,315 ft |
| Grand Central Airport (no scheduled flights) | Midrand | GCJ | FAGC | Medium airport | 5,325 ft |
| Harrismith Airport (no scheduled flights) | Harrismith | HRS | FAHR | Medium airport | 5,585 ft |
| Johan Pienaar Airport (no scheduled flights) | Kuruman | KMH | FAKU | Medium airport | 4,382 ft |
| Kleinsee Airport (no scheduled flights) | Kleinsee | KLZ | FAKZ | Medium airport | 270 ft |
| Ladysmith Airport (no scheduled flights) | Ladysmith | LAY | FALY | Medium airport | 3,548 ft |
| Langebaanweg Airport (no scheduled flights) | Langebaanweg | SDB | FALW | Medium airport | 108 ft |
| Lime Acres Finsch Mine Airport (no scheduled flights) | Lime Acres | LMR | FALC | Medium airport | 4,900 ft |
| Malamala Airport (no scheduled flights) | Malamala | AAM | FAMD | Medium airport | 1,124 ft |
| Morningside Farm Airport (no scheduled flights) | Silveroaks | — | FAMS | Medium airport | 4,251 ft |
| Newcastle Airport (no scheduled flights) | Newcastle | NCS | FANC | Medium airport | 4,074 ft |
| Oudtshoorn Airport (no scheduled flights) | Oudtshoorn | OUH | FAOH | Medium airport | 1,063 ft |
| P C Pelser Airport (no scheduled flights) | Klerksdorp | KXE | FAKD | Medium airport | 4,444 ft |
| Pilanesberg International Airport (no scheduled flights) | Pilanesberg | NTY | FAPN | Medium airport | 3,412 ft |
| Plettenberg Bay Airport (no scheduled flights) | Plettenberg Bay | PBZ | FAPG | Medium airport | 465 ft |
| Port St Johns Airport (no scheduled flights) | Port St Johns | JOH | FAPJ | Medium airport | 1,227 ft |
| Potchefstroom Airport (no scheduled flights) | Potchefstroom | PCF | FAPS | Medium airport | 4,520 ft |
| Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi Airport (no scheduled flights) | Ulundi | ULD | FAUL | Medium airport | 1,720 ft |
| Queenstown Airport (no scheduled flights) | Queenstown | UTW | FAQT | Medium airport | 3,637 ft |
| Rand Airport (no scheduled flights) | Johannesburg | QRA | FAGM | Medium airport | 5,483 ft |
| Robertson Airport (no scheduled flights) | Robertson | ROD | FARS | Medium airport | 640 ft |
| Rustenburg Airport (no scheduled flights) | Rustenburg | — | FARG | Medium airport | 3,700 ft |
| Saldanha/Vredenburg Airport (no scheduled flights) | Saldanha-Vredenburg | — | FASD | Medium airport | 50 ft |
| Secunda Airport (no scheduled flights) | Secunda | ZEC | FASC | Medium airport | 5,250 ft |
| Springbok Airport (no scheduled flights) | Springbok | SBU | FASB | Medium airport | 2,690 ft |
| Swartkop Air Force Base (no scheduled flights) | Pretoria | — | FASK | Medium airport | 4,780 ft |
| Tzaneen Airport (no scheduled flights) | Tzaneen | LTA | FATZ | Medium airport | 1,914 ft |
| Vereeniging Airport (no scheduled flights) | Vereeniging | — | FAVV | Medium airport | 4,846 ft |
| Virginia Airport (no scheduled flights) | Durban | VIR | FAVG | Medium airport | 20 ft |
| Vredendal Airport (no scheduled flights) | Vredendal | VRE | FAVR | Medium airport | 330 ft |
| Vryburg Airport (no scheduled flights) | Vryburg | VRU | FAVB | Medium airport | 3,920 ft |
| Waterkloof Air Force Base (no scheduled flights) | Pretoria | WKF | FAWK | Medium airport | 4,940 ft |
| Wonderboom Airport (no scheduled flights) | Pretoria | PRY | FAWB | Medium airport | 4,095 ft |
| Ysterplaat Air Force Base (no scheduled flights) | Cape Town | — | FAYP | Medium airport | 52 ft |
| Alldays Airport (no scheduled flights) | Alldays | ADY | FAAL | Small airport | 2,600 ft |
| Arathusa Safari Lodge Airport (no scheduled flights) | Arathusa | ASS | FAAR | Small airport | 1,289 ft |
| Bultfontein Airport (no scheduled flights) | Bultfontein | UTE | FABU | Small airport | 4,400 ft |
| Cradock Airport (no scheduled flights) | Cradock | CDO | FACD | Small airport | 3,110 ft |
| Ellisras Matimba Airport (no scheduled flights) | Ellisras | ELL | FAER | Small airport | 2,799 ft |
| Empangeni Airport (no scheduled flights) | Empangeni | EMG | FAEM | Small airport | 251 ft |
| Giyani Airport (no scheduled flights) | Giyani | GIY | FAGI | Small airport | 1,584 ft |
| Hazyview Airport (no scheduled flights) | Hazyview | HZV | ZA-0094 | Small airport | 1,810 ft |
| Hluhluwe Airport (no scheduled flights) | Hluhluwe | HLW | FAHL | Small airport | 249 ft |
| Inyati Airport (no scheduled flights) | Inyati | INY | ZA-0097 | Small airport | 1,245 ft |
| Khoka Moya Airport (no scheduled flights) | Khoka Moya | KHO | ZA-0095 | Small airport | 1,440 ft |
| Koingnaas Airport (no scheduled flights) | Koingnaas | KIG | ZA-KIG | Small airport | 228 ft |
| Komatipoort Airport (no scheduled flights) | Komatipoort | KOF | FAKP | Small airport | 541 ft |
| Londolozi Airport (no scheduled flights) | Londolozi | LDZ | FALD | Small airport | 1,300 ft |
| Louis Trichardt Airport (no scheduled flights) | Louis Trichardt | LCD | FALO | Small airport | 3,025 ft |
| Malelane Airport (no scheduled flights) | Malelane | LLE | FAMN | Small airport | 1,153 ft |
| Mkambati Airport (no scheduled flights) | Mkambati | MBM | ZA-0096 | Small airport | 560 ft |
| Mossel Bay Airport (no scheduled flights) | Mossel Bay | MZY | FAMO | Small airport | 531 ft |
| Motswari Airport (no scheduled flights) | Motswari Private Game Reserve | MWR | MWR | Small airport | 1,160 ft |
| Mubatuba Airport (no scheduled flights) | Mubatuba | DUK | FADK | Small airport | 210 ft |
| Musina(Messina) Airport (no scheduled flights) | Musina | MEZ | FAMH | Small airport | 1,904 ft |
| Nelspruit Airport (no scheduled flights) | Nelspruit | NLP | FANS | Small airport | 2,875 ft |
| Ngala Airport (no scheduled flights) | Ngala | NGL | FANG | Small airport | 3,357 ft |
| Overberg Airport (no scheduled flights) | Overberg | OVG | FAOB | Small airport | 52 ft |
| Port Alfred Airport (no scheduled flights) | Port Alfred | AFD | FAPA | Small airport | 275 ft |
| Prieska Airport (no scheduled flights) | Prieska | PRK | FAPK | Small airport | 3,100 ft |
| Reivilo Airport (no scheduled flights) | Reivilo | RVO | FARI | Small airport | 4,715 ft |
| Sabi Sabi Airport (no scheduled flights) | Belfast | GSS | FASE | Small airport | 1,276 ft |
| Singita Safari Lodge Airport (no scheduled flights) | Singita Safari Lodge | SSX | FASP | Small airport | 1,365 ft |
| Tanda Tula Airport (no scheduled flights) | Timbavati | TDT | ZA-0072 | Small airport | 1,555 ft |
| Thaba Nchu Tar Airport (no scheduled flights) | Homeward | TCU | FATN | Small airport | 4,941 ft |
| Thohoyandou Airport (no scheduled flights) | Thohoyandou | THY | FATH | Small airport | 2,021 ft |
| Tshipise Airport (no scheduled flights) | Tshipise | TSD | ZA-0098 | Small airport | 1,786 ft |
| Ulusaba Airport (no scheduled flights) | Ulusaba | ULX | FAUS | Small airport | 1,263 ft |
| Vryheid Airport (no scheduled flights) | Vryheid | VYD | FAVY | Small airport | 3,799 ft |
| Welkom Airport (no scheduled flights) | Welkom | WEL | FAWM | Small airport | 4,421 ft |
| Zulu Inyala Airport (no scheduled flights) | Phinda | PZL | FADQ | Small airport | 160 ft |
| Pretoria Central Heliport (no scheduled flights) | Pretoria | HPR | ZA-0021 | Heliport | 4,087 ft |
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South Africa has 641 airports and airfields in the OurAirports database — #19 of 247 countries and territories by total number. Only a small part of them serve airline passengers: 11 large airports, 51 medium-sized airports and 23 airports with scheduled flights; the remaining 579 are small airstrips, heliports (51) and seaplane bases used for private and general aviation.
Main international airports in South Africa
The main international gateways are King Shaka International Airport (DUR) in Durban, O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) in Johannesburg, Cape Town International Airport (CPT) in Cape Town, Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport (PLZ) in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), George Airport (GRJ) in George and King Phalo Airport (ELS) in East London. In total 11 large airports handle long-haul and international traffic — #31 in the world. The capital, Pretoria, is served by Swartkop Air Force Base, Waterkloof Air Force Base (WKF) and Wonderboom Airport (PRY).
Domestic flights and regional airports
Scheduled flights reach 21 cities across South Africa, with 51 regional airports linking smaller towns to the main hubs. The northernmost airport with airline service is Polokwane International Airport (PTG) in Polokwane, the southernmost George Airport (GRJ) in George. The highest airport is Ermelo Airport at 5,700 ft (1,737 m) above sea level.
Airport services and alternatives
At 7 airports in South Africa — CPT, PLZ, GRJ, ELS, DUR and HLA — you can book Meet & Greet, lounge access or private transfers online. Among its neighbours, Mozambique (16 large/medium airports), Namibia (14 large/medium airports), Zimbabwe (9 large/medium airports) and Botswana (7 large/medium airports) — useful if a cross-border airport is closer or cheaper. To find the closest airport to a specific town, use the nearest airport finder for South Africa.
Before you fly to South Africa
Airports in Botswana — 7 large & medium
Airports in Lesotho — 1 large & medium
Airports in Namibia — 14 large & medium
Airports in Mozambique — 16 large & medium
Airports in Eswatini — 2 large & medium
Airports in Zimbabwe — 9 large & mediumFrequently asked questions
How many airports are there in South Africa?
South Africa has 641 airports and airfields, including 11 large and 51 medium-sized airports; 23 have scheduled passenger flights. The capital, Pretoria, is served by Swartkop Air Force Base, Waterkloof Air Force Base (WKF) and Wonderboom Airport (PRY).
What are the main international airports in South Africa?
Bram Fischer International Airport (BFN), Bloemfontein, Cape Town International Airport (CPT), Cape Town, Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport (PLZ), Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), George Airport (GRJ), George, Kimberley Airport (KIM), Kimberley, King Phalo Airport (ELS), East London, King Shaka International Airport (DUR), Durban, Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (MQP), Mbombela, Lanseria International Airport (HLA), Johannesburg and O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB), Johannesburg.
Which airport serves Pretoria?
Swartkop Air Force Base, Waterkloof Air Force Base — IATA code WKF and Wonderboom Airport — IATA code PRY.
What is the highest airport in South Africa?
Ermelo Airport at 5,700 ft (1,737 m) above sea level.