Grand Central Airport

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Grand Central Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGauteng Central Integrated Mega City (Pty) Ltd, formerly Old Mutual Life Assurance Company of South Africa [1]
OperatorPrivate
Serves City of Johannesburg
Location Midrand, South Africa
Elevation  AMSL 5,327 ft / 1,624 m
Coordinates 25°59′11″S028°08′24″E / 25.98639°S 28.14000°E / -25.98639; 28.14000
Website Grand Central Airport
Map
Greater Johannesburg OpenStreetMap small.svg
Airplane silhouette.svg
GCJ
Location in the Johannesburg area
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
17/351,8306,004Asphalt
Source: DAFIF [2] [3]

Grand Central Airport( IATA : GCJ, ICAO : FAGC) is a small privately owned airfield which is open to public air traffic. It is located in Midrand, halfway between Johannesburg and Pretoria in South Africa. Prior permission to land at Grand Central is not required for light aircraft pilots; a radio call is sufficient.

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The airfield was started in the 1930s by a group of motor racing enthusiasts who were also interested in flying. Their old race track, although no longer in use, can be seen from the air on the north west side of the airfield.

Grand Central is a fully equipped airfield and is open 24 hours a day. The complex incorporates a modern terminal building (although it lacks Customs facilities). It is also the base of numerous flying schools for both fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. There are 2 or 3 fixed-base operators on the airfield which provides maintenance and repair facilities for light aircraft.

This is a small airfield that is restricted to light aircraft only.

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References

  1. ↑ "Statement on the Latest Decisions by the Competition Commission" (PDF). 22 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "Airport information for FAGC". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  3. ↑ Airport information for GCJ at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF  (effective October 2006).