Airports

South Africa
airports for pilots

Reference pages for the 5 main airports in South Africa: runways, frequencies, reference point, elevation and a diagram teaser. Official data comes from South Africa eAIP. Free to read; the full diagrams, charts and AIP text are in the Choppy app.

Page updated 2026-09-18 · Reference only, verify against the current AIP.

Airports in the country: 589
With scheduled service: 23
With official AIP data in Choppy: 58
With chart links in Choppy: 0

Counts from OurAirports and the national AIP as folded into Choppy.

Main airports in South Africa

FACT · CPT Cape Town International Airport Cape Town · 2 runways · longest 3,201 m · elev 151 ft
FAKN · MQP Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport Mbombela · 1 runway · longest 3,260 m · elev 2,829 ft
FALA · HLA Lanseria International Airport Johannesburg · 1 runway · longest 2,996 m · elev 4,521 ft
FALE · DUR King Shaka International Airport Durban · 1 runway · longest 3,700 m · elev 307 ft
FAOR · JNB O.R. Tambo International Airport Johannesburg · 2 runways · longest 4,421 m · elev 5,558 ft

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All of South Africa in the app

Choppy carries an offline pack for South Africa with official AIP data for 58 airports: diagrams with taxiways and stands, AD 2 text and charts, updated every AIRAC cycle. Diagrams, charts and packs are part of Choppy Pro.

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