Cape Town International Airport
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 fifth-busiest in Africa. 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.
Cape Town International Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Airports Company South Africa | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | City of Cape Town | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Matroosfontein, Western Cape, South Africa | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1954 | ||||||||||||||
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| Focus city for | South African Airways | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 46 m / 151 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°58′10″S 018°35′50″E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | airports.co.za | ||||||||||||||
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CPT Location within the Cape Town metropolitan area CPT CPT (Western Cape) CPT CPT (South Africa) CPT CPT (Africa) | |||||||||||||||
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Source: Passenger and Aircraft Statistics | |||||||||||||||
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, the Middle East, Asia, Europe, South America 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.