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Rand Airport Afrikaans: Randse Lughawe | |||||||||||||||
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 Rand Airport Control Tower from landside | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Rand Airport Management Company (Pty) Ltd. | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Johannesburg | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Germiston, Gauteng | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,671 m / 5,482 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°14′33″S 028°09′04″E / 26.24250°S 28.15111°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | http://www.randairport.co.za | ||||||||||||||
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  QRA Location in the Johannesburg area | |||||||||||||||
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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).