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Airports in South Africa
South Africa has 62airports running scheduled flights in this snapshot — 11 large hubs, 51 medium regional airports. Below: how those split by size, and the biggest airports with their IATA and ICAO codes. Sourced from OurAirports, snapshot 2026-06-22.
AIRPORTS62
LARGE HUBS11
REGIONAfrica
By airport size
Large · hub11 · 18%
Medium · regional51 · 82%
Small · scheduled0 · 0%
Biggest airports in South Africa
The largest airports in the snapshot — the busiest gateways, with their airport codes.
BFNBram Fischer International AirportBloemfontein · large hub · ICAO FABL4,457 ft
CPTCape Town International AirportCape Town · large hub · ICAO FACT151 ft
PLZChief Dawid Stuurman International AirportGqeberha (Port Elizabeth) · large hub · ICAO FAPE226 ft
GRJGeorge AirportGeorge · large hub · ICAO FAGG648 ft
KIMKimberley AirportKimberley · large hub · ICAO FAKM3,950 ft
ELSKing Phalo AirportEast London · large hub · ICAO FAEL435 ft
DURKing Shaka International AirportDurban · large hub · ICAO FALE295 ft
MQPKruger Mpumalanga International AirportMbombela · large hub · ICAO FAKN2,829 ft
HLALanseria International AirportJohannesburg · large hub · ICAO FALA4,517 ft
JNBO.R. Tambo International AirportJohannesburg · large hub · ICAO FAOR5,558 ft
Airports elsewhere in Africa
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