South Africa
South Africa airport guideAirport Overview
The scale of this country or region’s airports, its main hubs and the cities they serve.
South Africa lies in Africa. This site covers 3 airports, 1 terminal and 28 gates there. Cape Town International Airport (CPT) is the largest by annual passengers, at about 11 million. The airports serve cities including Cape Town, Aggeneys, Alexander Bay. Every airport has a terminal layout diagram, gate ranges and ground transport notes.
South Africa is covered here by a single airport: Cape Town International (CPT). It holds 28 gates under one terminal roof and handles about 11 million passengers a year — the main gateway to southern Africa in this directory.
Cape Town International
Cape Town International (CPT) serves Cape Town and lies about 20 km from the city centre. Its 28 gates sit within a single terminal, keeping the layout compact.
The airport page carries a terminal layout diagram, gate ranges, main airlines and ground transport options; search the directory by the IATA code CPT to jump straight to it.
South Africa airport distribution mapAirport Distribution
24 scheduled airports nationwide (large, medium and small); terminal maps are compiled for 3 of them. The full list follows.
| IATA | Airport | City | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| BFN | Bram Fischer International Airport | Bloemfontein | Large |
| CPT | Cape Town International AirportCovered here | Cape Town | Large |
| PLZ | Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport | Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) | Large |
| GRJ | George Airport | George | Large |
| KIM | Kimberley Airport | Kimberley | Large |
| ELS | King Phalo Airport | East London | Large |
| DUR | King Shaka International Airport | Durban | Large |
| MQP | Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport | Mbombela | Large |
| HLA | Lanseria International Airport | Johannesburg | Large |
| JNB | O.R. Tambo International Airport | Johannesburg | Large |
| PTG | Polokwane International Airport | Polokwane | Large |
| AGZ | Aggeneys AirportCovered here | Aggeneys | Medium |
| ALJ | Alexander Bay AirportCovered here | Alexander Bay | Medium |
| HDS | Eastgate Airport / Air Force Base Hoedspruit | Hoedspruit | Medium |
| PHW | Hendrik Van Eck Airport | Phalaborwa | Medium |
| UTT | K. D. Matanzima Airport | Mthatha | Medium |
| MGH | Margate Airport | Margate | Medium |
| MZQ | Mkuze Airport | Mkuze | Medium |
| MBD | Mmabatho International Airport | Mafeking | Medium |
| PZB | Pietermaritzburg Airport | Pietermaritzburg | Medium |
| RCB | Richards Bay Airport | Richards Bay | Medium |
| SIS | Sishen Airport | Sishen | Medium |
| SZK | Skukuza Airport | Skukuza | Medium |
| UTN | Upington Airport | Upington | Medium |
Airports in South AfricaAirports
Select any airport to see its terminal layout, gate ranges and ground transport options.
