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This is a list of suburbs in Johannesburg, South Africa. Subcategories. This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total. A. Johannesburg Region A (56 ...
The airport handled over 21 million passengers in 2017. The airport was originally known as Jan Smuts International Airport, [3] after the former South African Prime Minister. It was renamed Johannesburg International Airport in 1994, and subsequently on 27 October 2006 the airport was renamed after anti-apartheid politician Oliver Tambo. [4]
Ponte City [1] is a skyscraper in the Berea district of Johannesburg, South Africa, just next to Hillbrow. It was built in 1975 to a height of 173 m (567.6 ft), and was the tallest residential skyscraper in Africa for 48 years, until overtaken in 2023 by Building D01, in Egypt's New Administrative Capital. The 55-storey building is cylindrical ...
Top 20 airports in South Africa by passenger movements Rank Airport Location Code (IATA/ICAO) Total passengers [i] Notes 1: O. R. Tambo International Airport: Johannesburg, Gauteng: JNB/FAOR: 15,622,216 [4] 2: Cape Town International Airport: Cape Town, Western Cape: CPT/FACT: 8,407,751 [5] 3: King Shaka International Airport: Durban, KwaZulu ...
Rand Airport (IATA: QRA, ICAO: FAGM) is an airport in Germiston, South Africa. It was constructed in the 1920s as the main airport for Johannesburg , but the city outgrew it and replaced the airport with Palmietfontein Airport in 1948 (itself replaced by Jan Smuts International Airport in 1952).
Lanseria International Airport (IATA: HLA, ICAO: FALA) is a privately owned international airport that is situated north of Randburg and Sandton to the northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa. The airport can handle aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 757-300 and the airport was created to ease traffic congestion at OR Tambo International Airport .
Airports Company of South Africa Limited (ACSA) is a majority (94.6%) state-owned South African airport management company. Founded in 1993, ACSA operates nine of South Africa's airports. [ 2 ] The company is headquartered at Aviation Park, Western Precinct Building, situated at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park, Gauteng , South ...
Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms that make up Johannesburg, called Langlaagte. [2] The land was purchased by J.B. Robinson. [3]: 181 It was established as a suburb in 1896 and is named after Mayfair in London. [2]