Cape Town International Airport

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Cape Town International Airport

Kaapstad Internasionale Lughawe (Afrikaans)
Isikhululo Seenqwelomoya saseKapa (Xhosa)
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/Operator Airports Company South Africa
Serves City of Cape Town
LocationMatroosfontein, Western Cape, South Africa
Opened1954;71 years ago (1954)
Hub for
Focus city for South African Airways
Elevation  AMSL 46 m / 151 ft
Coordinates 33°58′10″S018°35′50″E / 33.96944°S 18.59722°E / -33.96944; 18.59722
Website airports.co.za
Map
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Location within the Cape Town metropolitan area
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CPT (Western Cape)
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Cape Town International Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
01/193,20110,502 Asphalt
16/341,7015,581Asphalt
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 fourth-busiest in Africa.

Contents

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, and locations in the Middle East, Asia, Europe, South America, Australia, 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]

History

D. F. Malan Airport was opened in 1954, a year after Jan Smuts Airport (now O. R. Tambo International Airport) on the Witwatersrand, near Johannesburg, opened. The airport replaced Cape Town's previous airport, Wingfield Aerodrome. Originally named Bellville Airport due to its proximity to the town of the same name, it initially served as a domestic airport. Then, at the request of the Bellville Federation of Taxpayers, the airport was renamed after the then South African prime minister. D.F. Malan National Airport soon achieved international airport status when a direct flight to Britain and a second flight to Britain via Johannesburg was introduced. [3] [4]

With the fall of apartheid in the early 1990s, ownership of the airport was transferred from the state to the newly formed Airports Company South Africa, [5] and the airport was renamed to the politically neutral Cape Town International Airport. [6] South African Airways launched a route to Miami in December 1992. [7] In January 2000, the carrier replaced it with a flight to Atlanta, whose outbound leg from Cape Town included a stop in Fort Lauderdale. [8]

The first years of the twenty-first century saw tremendous growth at the airport; from handling 6.2 million passengers per annum in 2004–05, the airport peaked at 8.4 million passengers per annum in 2007–08 before falling back to 7.8 million in 2008–09.[ citation needed ] In June 2008, Delta Air Lines started a flight to New York via Dakar. It used a Boeing 767 on the route. [9] [10] Delta began flying to Atlanta instead the following June. The company terminated the route in September 2009. [11] [12] In December 2011, Malaysia Airlines discontinued its service to Buenos Aires. [13] [14]

In 2016, the airport saw a 29% increase in international arrivals; 2016 also saw the airport handle 10 million passengers per annum.[ citation needed ] [15] United Airlines commenced seasonal flights to Newark on a Boeing 787 in December 2019. [16] The route became year-round in 2022. [17] In October 2023, South African Airways inaugurated a link to São Paulo. [18]

Name change

On 16 April 2018, it was reported in the Cape Times that the Minister of Transport, Bonginkosi Nzimande, had directed ACSA on 22 March 2018 to change the name of Cape Town International Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport. [19] The name change was discussed and as yet no name change had been published in the Government Gazette. [20]

On 5 March 2019, the EFF filed a motion in Parliament calling for Cape Town International Airport to be renamed for anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Some Khoi activists, meanwhile, argued for the airport to be named after the !Uriǁ'aeǀona translator Krotoa. [21] However, South Africa's Parliament was not constitutionally empowered to enact name changes: the South African Geographical Names Council (SAGNC) held that responsibility. The motion was unsuccessful. [22]

In February 2021, the Cape Times reported that the proposed name change of the airport had been "quietly ditched". [23]

Developments

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Apron view
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Check-in hall
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Local and international departures area on the upper floor of the Central Terminal.
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Interior of the International Arrivals floor

In preparation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Cape Town International Airport was extensively expanded and renovated. The main focus was the development of a Central Terminal Building at a cost of R1.6 billion, [24] which linked the formerly separate domestic and international terminals and provided a common check-in area. [25] The departures level of the Central Terminal opened in November 2009, with the entire building opened in April 2010. [24]

Apart from the now-completed 2010 expansion project, it had been proposed that a second runway for large aircraft be constructed at the airport, to be completed by 2015. However, this second runway has not been constructed. In May 2015, Airports Company South Africa announced a R7.7 billion expansion for the airport. The expansion includes the upgrades of the Domestic & International terminals. The expansion has been postponed indefinitely due to the drop in passenger numbers due to the global COVID-19 pandemic from 2020. [26]

Facilities

Terminals

The airport has two terminals linked together by one central terminal.

Central Terminal

The terminal building has a split-level design, with departures located on the upper floors and arrivals in the lower floors; an elevated roadway system provides vehicular access to both departures and arrivals levels. [25] All check-in takes place within the Central Terminal Building, which contains 120 check-in desks and 20 self-service kiosks. [25]

Passengers then pass through a consolidated security screening area before dividing. Passengers flying internationally head to the northern part of the airport which is the international terminal, and passengers flying to other parts of South Africa head to the southern part of the airport to the domestic terminal.

The terminal has 10 air bridges, evenly split between domestic and international usage. Sections of lower levels of the domestic and international terminals are used for transporting passengers via bus to and from remotely parked aircraft. [25]

Arriving passengers collect luggage in the old sections of their respective terminals, before proceeding through new passageways to the new Central Terminal Building. [24] The terminal contains an automated baggage handling system, capable of handling 30,000 bags per hour. [25]

Retail outlets are located on the lower (arrivals) level of the terminal at landside, as well as airside at the departure gates. Retail outlets are diverse, including foreign exchange services, bookstores, clothing retailers, grocery stores, souvenir outlets and duty-free in international departures.

Restaurants within the terminal building are located on the upper (3rd) level above the departures level, and include Ocean Basket, Mugg & Bean, Primi Cafe, Wimpy, [27] and what is purported to be the largest Spur restaurant on the African continent, at 1,080 m2 (11,600 sq ft). [25]

The restaurant level overlooks the airside of the terminal, where a glass curtain wall separates the patrons from the planes three stories below. On the 4th floor is where the airport's lounges are situated. The Bidvest, as well as South African Airways lounges, can be found there, as well as a Woolworths Food store. [27]

International Terminal

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Terminals seen from apron

The international terminal is located on the northern side of the airport. Customs and Immigration facilities, lounges, duty-free shops, restaurants, prayer rooms, conference rooms, airline offices, and chapels are located in the terminal.

Domestic Terminal

Located on the southern side of the airport, it has the same facilities as the international terminal, with the exception of Immigration facilities.

Other facilities

There are two hotels located within the airport precinct: Hotel Verde, a four-star hotel owned by Bon Hotels and ranked as "Africa's greenest hotel", [28] and the other being Road Lodge, a budget hotel owned by the City Lodge hotel chain group. An ExecuJet facility is located near the southern end of the main runway and caters for business jets.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Air Botswana Gaborone, Kasane, [29] Maun [29]
Air France Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle [30] [31]
Air Mauritius Mauritius [32]
Airlink Bloemfontein, Gaborone (begins 1 April 2025), [33] George, Harare, [34] Hoedspruit, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo, Kimberley, Maputo, [35] Maun, Mbombela, Port Elizabeth, Skukuza, Upington, Victoria Falls, Walvis Bay, [36] Windhoek–Hosea Kutako
Seasonal: Saint Helena [ citation needed ]
British Airways London–Heathrow [37]
Seasonal: London–Gatwick [ citation needed ]
CemAir Durban, East London, [38] Hoedspruit, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo, Kimberley, [39] Plettenberg Bay [40]
Seasonal: George [41]
Condor Seasonal: Frankfurt [ citation needed ]
Delta Air Lines Atlanta d [42]
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zürich [ citation needed ]
Emirates Dubai–International [43]
Eswatini Air Manzini [44]
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa
FlyNamibia Walvis Bay, Windhoek–Hosea Kutako
FlySafair Bloemfontein, [45] Durban, East London, George, Johannesburg–Lanseria, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo, Mbombela, [46] Port Elizabeth, Windhoek–Hosea Kutako [47]
Kenya Airways Livingstone, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta a , Victoria Falls
KLM Amsterdam
LAM Mozambique Airlines Maputo [48]
LIFT Durban, [49] Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo
Lufthansa Frankfurt
Seasonal: Munich [50]
Norse Atlantic Airways Seasonal: London–Gatwick [51]
Proflight Zambia Livingstone, [52] Lusaka
Qatar Airways Doha
Singapore Airlines Singapore c [53] [54]
South African Airways Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo, [55] São Paulo–Guarulhos [56]
TAAG Angola Airlines Luanda
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
United Airlines Newark, [57] Washington–Dulles [58]
Virgin Atlantic Seasonal: London–Heathrow [59]
Notes

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
BidAir Cargo [60] Johannesburg–Lanseria, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo, Port Elizabeth

Statistics

Passenger traffic

Annual passenger traffic at CPT airport. See Wikidata query.
Annual passenger traffic for Cape Town International Airport [61]
Fiscal yearInternationalRegionalDomesticUnscheduledTotal
Passenger movements % ChangePassenger movements % ChangePassenger movements % ChangePassenger movements % ChangePassenger movements % Change
2004–051,176,958no data126,837no data4,895,048no data16,060no data6,214,903no data
2005–061,167,661Decrease2.svg0.8%149,489Increase2.svg17.9%5,503,690Increase2.svg12.4%13,333Decrease2.svg17.0%6,834,173Increase2.svg10.0%
2006–071,246,016Increase2.svg6.7%147,885Decrease2.svg1.1%6,107,405Increase2.svg11.0%17,237Increase2.svg29.3%7,518,543Increase2.svg10.0%
2007–081,309,822Increase2.svg5.1%145,858Decrease2.svg1.4%6,950,061Increase2.svg13.8%20,877Increase2.svg21.1%8,426,618Increase2.svg12.1%
2008–091,378,160Increase2.svg5.2%138,000Decrease2.svg5.4%6,283,132Decrease2.svg9.6%13,878Decrease2.svg33.5%7,813,170Decrease2.svg7.3%
2009–101,284,990Decrease2.svg6.8%122,584Decrease2.svg11.2%6,391,079Increase2.svg1.7%11,416Decrease2.svg17.7%7,810,069Decrease2.svg0.0%
2010–111,261,024Decrease2.svg1.9%122,609Increase2.svg0.0%6,781,143Increase2.svg6.1%35,771Increase2.svg213%8,200,547Increase2.svg5.0%
2011–121,400,487Increase2.svg11.1%133,280Increase2.svg8.7%7,028,669Increase2.svg3.7%13,902Decrease2.svg157%8,576,338Increase2.svg4.6%
2012–131,325,481Decrease2.svg5.4%144,148Increase2.svg8.2%6,951,577Decrease2.svg1.1%13,593Decrease2.svg2.2%8,434,799Decrease2.svg1.7%
2013–141,355,524Increase2.svg2.3%143,356Decrease2.svg0.7%6,879,919Decrease2.svg1.0%14,190Increase2.svg4.4%8,392,989Decrease2.svg0.5%
2014–151,452,360Increase2.svg7.1%150,602Increase2.svg5.1%7,142,907Increase2.svg3.9%10,003Decrease2.svg41.9%8,755,872Increase2.svg4.3%
2015–161,564,464Increase2.svg7.7%179,775Increase2.svg19.4%7,902,362Increase2.svg10.6%12,988Increase2.svg29.8%9,659,589Increase2.svg10.3%
2016–171,934,641Increase2.svg23.7%197,437Increase2.svg9.8%8,067,516Increase2.svg2.1%11,796Decrease2.svg9.2%10,211,390Increase2.svg5.7%
2017–182,243,367Increase2.svg16%208,903Increase2.svg5.8%8,286,618Increase2.svg2.7%13,358Increase2.svg13.2%10,752,246Increase2.svg5.3%
2018–192,406,594Increase2.svg7.3%195,617Decrease2.svg6.4%8,209,610Decrease2.svg0.1%11,916Decrease2.svg10.8%10,823,737Increase2.svg0.1%
2019–202,356,225Decrease2.svg2.1%183,999Decrease2.svg5.9%8,137,246Decrease2.svg0.9%11,328Decrease2.svg4.9%10,688,798Decrease2.svg1.2%
2020–21156,433 [a] Decrease2.svg93.4%15,484Decrease2.svg91.6%2,181,670Decrease2.svg73.2%32,534Increase2.svg187.2%2,386,121Decrease2.svg77.7%
2021-22751,278Increase2.svg131%80,384Increase2.svg135%4,853,699Increase2.svg76%15,450Decrease2.svg53%5,700,811Increase2.svg82%
2022-232,174,073Increase2.svg189%149,299Increase2.svg86%6,062,223Increase2.svg25%22,156Increase2.svg43%8,407,751Increase2.svg47%
2023-242 754 405Increase2.svg23.6%169 961Increase2.svg12.9%7 093 292Increase2.svg15.7%16 694Decrease2.svg12.1%10 034 352Increase2.svg17.6%

Aircraft movements

Annual aircraft movements for Cape Town International Airport [62]
Fiscal yearInternationalRegionalDomesticUnscheduledTotal
Aircraft movements % ChangeAircraft movements % ChangeAircraft movements % ChangeAircraft movements % ChangeAircraft movements % Change
2004–054,355no data4,242no data56,810no data27,154no data92,561no data
2005–064,296Decrease2.svg1.4%4,169Decrease2.svg1.7%58,099Increase2.svg2.3%22,326Decrease2.svg17.8%88,890Decrease2.svg4.0%
2006–074,623Increase2.svg7.6%3,698Decrease2.svg11.3%60,470Increase2.svg4.1%22,602Increase2.svg1.2%91,393Increase2.svg2.8%
2007–085,019Increase2.svg8.6%3,420Decrease2.svg7.5%69,819Increase2.svg15.5%24,027Increase2.svg6.3%102,285Increase2.svg11.9%
2008–095,638Increase2.svg12.3%3,340Decrease2.svg2.3%65,623Decrease2.svg6.0%21,042Decrease2.svg12.4%95,643Decrease2.svg6.5%
2009–104,884Decrease2.svg13.4%3,296Decrease2.svg1.3%65,020Decrease2.svg0.9%19,379Decrease2.svg7.9%92,579Decrease2.svg3.2%
2010–114,868Decrease2.svg0.3%3,137Decrease2.svg4.8%66,587Increase2.svg2.4%19,031Decrease2.svg1.8%93,623Increase2.svg1.1%
2012–134,906Increase2.svg0.8%3,557Increase2.svg4.8%62,065Decrease2.svg6.7%18,545Decrease2.svg1.8%89,073Decrease2.svg4.9%
2013–144,961Increase2.svg1.1%2,855Decrease2.svg4.8%60,665Decrease2.svg2.3%20,092Increase2.svg1.8%88,573Decrease2.svg0.6%
2014–155,091Increase2.svg2.6%3,135Increase2.svg4.8%64,269Increase2.svg5.9%18,651Decrease2.svg1.8%91,146Increase2.svg2.9%
2015–165,568Increase2.svg9.4%4,783Increase2.svg4.8%70,731Increase2.svg10%19,139Increase2.svg1.8%100,221Increase2.svg10%
2016–177,121Increase2.svg27.9%5,048Increase2.svg4.8%71,081Increase2.svg0.5%16,087Decrease2.svg1.8%99,337Decrease2.svg0.9%
2017–189,206Increase2.svg29.3%5,048Increase2.svg4.8%72,110Increase2.svg1.4%16,252Increase2.svg1.8%103,001Increase2.svg3.7%
2018–1910,490Increase2.svg13.9%4,950Decrease2.svg1.9%67,328Decrease2.svg6.6%15,898Decrease2.svg2.2%98,666Decrease2.svg4.2%
2019–2010,154Decrease2.svg3.2%4,206Decrease2.svg15.0%65,372Decrease2.svg2.9%10,447Decrease2.svg34.3%90,179Decrease2.svg8.6%
2020–211,369Decrease2.svg86.5%644Decrease2.svg84.7%20,287Decrease2.svg69.0%16,618Increase2.svg59.1%38,918Decrease2.svg56.8%
2021–225,202Increase2.svg280.0%2,607Increase2.svg304.8%45,149Increase2.svg122.6%14,738Decrease2.svg11.3%67,696Increase2.svg73.9%
2022–2310,913Increase2.svg109.8%3,704Increase2.svg42.1%52,087Increase2.svg15.4%23,576Increase2.svg60.0%90,280Increase2.svg33.4%
2023–2414,184Increase2.svg30.0%3,993Increase2.svg7.8%61,482Increase2.svg18.0%19,479Decrease2.svg17.4%99,138Increase2.svg9.8%

Ground transport

Car

Cape Town International Airport is approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the city centre and is accessible from the N2 freeway, with Airport Approach Road providing a direct link between the N2 (at exit 16) and the airport. The airport can also be indirectly accessed from the R300 freeway via the M12, M10 and M22.[ citation needed ]

The airport provides approximately 1,424 parking spaces in the general parking area, and 1,748 parking bays in the multi-storey car park located near the domestic terminal. [63] A new car park opened in 2010, which is located near the international terminal and provides an additional 4,000 parking spaces. [64] The airport also offers a valet parking service. [63]

Public transport

Transport to and from the airport is provided by metered taxis, e-hailing services (such as Uber and Bolt) and various private shuttle companies.[ citation needed ]

There is no direct rail access to Cape Town International Airport. The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa has proposed a 4 km (2.5 mi) rail link between the airport and Cape Town's existing suburban rail network.[ citation needed ]

Accidents and incidents

See also

Notes

  1. Reductions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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