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Located approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the city center, the airport was opened in 1954 to replace Cape Town's previous airport, Wingfield Aerodrome. Cape Town International Airport is the only airport in the Cape Town metropolitan area that offers scheduled passenger services. The airport has domestic and international terminals ...
Area control centers (ACCs) control IFR air traffic in their flight information region (FIR). The current list of FIRs and ACCs is maintained by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The following is the alphabetic list of all ACCs and their FIRs as of October 2011:
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 ...
Airport name ICAO IATA Coordinates Elevation Commercial airports: Cape Town International Airport: FACT CPT 46 m / 151 ft General aviation airports
In air traffic control, an area control center (ACC), also known as a center or en-route center, is a facility responsible for controlling aircraft flying in the airspace of a given flight information region (FIR) at high altitudes between airport approaches and departures.
It was formerly known as H. F. Verwoerd Airport and Port Elizabeth International Airport. The airport is owned and operated by the Airports Company South Africa which also operates nine other airports around South Africa. The airport is located approximately two miles south of the city's central business district. In 2017, the airport served ...
In November 1982 the "Spirit of Rotary II", a Piper Chieftain took off from the then called DF Malan Airport in Cape Town. 1988 the service acquired its first jet aircraft, a Cessna Citation II. In 1994 a trust was formed and the organization changed its name to the present South African Red Cross Air Mercy Service Trust.
Rank Airport Location Code (IATA/ICAO) Total passengers Rank change % change 1. O. R. Tambo International Airport: Johannesburg, Gauteng: JNB/FAOR: 18,621,259: 2.01% 2. Cape Town International Airport