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It was renamed Johannesburg International Airport in 1994 when the newly elected African National Congress government implemented a policy of not naming airports after politicians. This policy was later reversed, and on 27 October 2006 the airport was renamed after anti-apartheid politician Oliver Tambo .
Johannesburg does not have a light rail system, but it has a rapid rail system known as the Gautrain.The Gautrain was built in 2010 to provide a reliable and efficient rail to the northern suburbs that do not have a heavy rail or a metro system, and to alleviate traffic on the N1 (Ben Schoeman Highway) between Johannesburg and Pretoria.
On 21 April 2024, a FlySafair Boeing 737-800 (registered ZS-FGE), operating flight FA212 from Johannesburg to Cape Town, lost one of its left rear wheels on take-off. The aircraft burnt fuel after being made aware of the missing wheel, and made a low pass over O.R. Tambo International Airport for emergency services to assess damage. The wheel ...
Metrorail Gauteng is a network of commuter rail services in Gauteng province in South Africa, serving the Johannesburg and Pretoria metro areas. It is operated by Metrorail, a division of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA).
Gautrain is an 80-kilometre (50-mile) higher-speed express commuter rail system in Gauteng, South Africa, which links Johannesburg, Pretoria, Kempton Park and O. R. Tambo International Airport. It takes 15 minutes to travel from Sandton to O. R. Tambo International Airport on the Gautrain and 35 minutes from Pretoria station to Park Station in ...
The M96's eastern terminus is an interchange with the R21 highway adjacent to the freight entrance of O. R. Tambo International Airport.It goes westwards as Amon Ngulele Road through the Kempton Park CBD and passes under the M32 road (Petrus “Chilly” Magagula Road), intersecting with Monument Road (), bypassing the Kempton Square Shopping Centre, and ending at a junction with the M57 road ...
Their old race track, although no longer in use, can be seen from the air on the north west side of the airfield. Grand Central is a fully equipped airfield and is open 24 hours a day. The complex incorporates a modern terminal building (although it lacks Customs facilities). It is also the base of numerous flying schools for both fixed-wing ...
At the O.R. Tambo International Airport, south-east of Kempton Park Central, the R21 meets the R24 freeway, which connects the airport with Johannesburg Central in the west. Via the R24 (named the Albertina Sisulu Freeway), the R21 is the only freeway apart from the Ben Schoeman Freeway (designated as the N1) that links Pretoria with ...