Cape Town International Airport

Cape Town International Airport

Kaapstad Internasionale Lughawe (Afrikaans)
Isikhululo Seenqwelomoya saseKapa (Xhosa)
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorAirports Company South Africa
ServesCity of Cape Town
LocationMatroosfontein, Western Cape, South Africa
Opened1954; 70 years ago (1954)
Hub for
Focus city forSouth African Airways
Elevation AMSL46 m / 151 ft
Coordinates33°58′10″S 018°35′50″E / 33.96944°S 18.59722°E / -33.96944; 18.59722
Websiteairports.co.za
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CPT is located in Cape Town
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Location within the Cape Town metropolitan area
CPT is located in Western Cape
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CPT (Western Cape)
CPT is located in South Africa
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CPT (South Africa)
CPT is located in Africa
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 3,201 10,502 Asphalt
16/34 1,701 5,581 Asphalt
Statistics (April–March 2024)
Passengers10 034 352
Aircraft movements99 138
Source: Passenger and Aircraft Statistics[1]

Cape Town International Airport (IATA: CPT, ICAO: FACT) is the primary international airport serving the city of Cape Town, and is the second-busiest airport in South Africa and fifth-busiest in Africa. 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, linked by a common central terminal.

The airport has direct flights from South Africa's other two main urban areas, Johannesburg and Durban, as well as flights to smaller centers in South Africa. Internationally, it has direct flights to several destinations in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Europe, South America and the United States. The air route between Cape Town and Johannesburg was the world's ninth-busiest air route in 2011 with an estimated 4.5 million passengers.[2]

  1. ^ "Cape Town International Airport Passenger Statistics". Airports Company South Africa.
  2. ^ The Economist, Online (14 May 2012). "Top Flights". The Economist. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.