Cape Town International Airport

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Cape Town International Airport
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  • IATA: CPT
  • ICAO: FACT
  • WMO: 68816
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAirports Company South Africa
ServesCape Town, South Africa
LocationMatroosfontein, Western Cape, South Africa
Opened1954 (67 years ago) (1954)
Hub for
  • Mango
  • FlySafair
Focus city forSouth African Airways
Elevation AMSL46 m / 151 ft
Coordinates33°58′10″S 018°35′50″E / 33.96944°S 18.59722°E / -33.96944; 18.59722Coordinates: 33°58′10″S 018°35′50″E / 33.96944°S 18.59722°E / -33.96944; 18.59722
Websiteairports.co.za
Map
CPT is located in Cape Town
CPT
CPT
Location within the Cape Town metropolitan area
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 3,201 10,502 Asphalt
16/34 1,701 5,581 Asphalt
Statistics (Jan-Dec 2019)
Passengers10,979,946
Aircraft movements94,027

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. Located approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the city centre, 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 centres in South Africa. Internationally, it has direct flights to several destinations in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Europe 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.[1]

History[]

D.F. Malan Airport was opened in 1954, a year after Jan Smuts Airport (now OR Tambo International Airport) on the Witwatersrand, near Johannesburg, opened. The airport replaced Cape Town's previous airport, Wingfield Aerodrome. Originally named after the then South African prime minister, it initially offered two international flights: a direct flight to Britain and a second flight to Britain via Johannesburg.[2]

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,[3] and the airport was renamed to the politically neutral Cape Town International Airport.[4] 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. In 2016, the airport saw a 29% increase in international arrivals; 2016 also saw the airport handle 10 million passengers per annum.

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.[5] The name change was discussed and as yet no name change had been published in the Government Gazette.[6]

On 5 March 2019, the EFF filed a motion in Parliament calling for the renaming of Cape Town International Airport after anti-apartheid icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Whilst members of the Khoi community pushed for the airport to be named after the translator and cultural icon Krotoa.[7] One of the arguments of the opposition was that the Parliament is not constitutionally empowered to resolve on any name change and that it was the responsibility of the South African Geographical Names Council (SAGNC) to deal with name changes. The motion was not successful.[8]

Until a name change has been published in the Government Gazette, it remains Cape Town International Airport. In February 2021, the Cape Times reported that the proposed name change of the airport had been "quietly ditched".[9]

Developments[]

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,[10] which linked the formerly separate domestic and international terminals and provided a common check-in area.[11] The departures level of the Central Terminal opened in November 2009, with the entire building opened in April 2010.[10]

Apart from the completion of the 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 project is set to start construction at the end of 2018 and to be completed by mid-2022.

Facilities[]

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

Terminal[]

The airport has two terminals linked by the 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.[11] All check-in takes place within the Central Terminal Building, which contains 120 check-in desks and 20 self-service kiosks.[11] 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.[11]

Arriving passengers collect luggage in the old sections of their respective terminals, before proceeding through new passageways to the new Central Terminal Building.[10] The terminal contains an automated baggage handling system, capable of handling 30,000 bags per hour.[11]

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, which includes what is purported to be the largest Spur restaurant on the African continent, at 1,080 m2 (11,600 sq ft).[11] The restaurant level overlooks the airside of the terminal, where a glass curtain wall separates the patrons from the planes 3 storeys 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 here.

International Terminal

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 exception of Immigration facilities.

Other facilities[]

There are two hotels located within the airport precinct, one being Hotel Verde, a four-star hotel owned by Bon Hotels, ranked as "Africa's greenest hotel",[12] 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. The airport also has a MyCiti BRT station, which connects across the whole of Cape Town including east of Khayelitsha.


Airlines and destinations[]

Passenger[]

AirlinesDestinations
Airlink Bloemfontein, George, Harare,[13] Hoedspruit, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo, Kimberley, Maun, Nelspruit, Skukuza, Upington, Victoria Falls, Walvis Bay,[14] Windhoek–Hosea Kutako
Seasonal: Saint Helena[15]
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna
British Airways Durban, East London,[16] Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo, London–Heathrow (resumes 1 November 2021),[17]Port Elizabeth
Cathay Pacific Seasonal: Hong Kong[18]
CemAir Durban, George,[19] Hoedspruit, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zürich
Emirates Dubai–International[20]
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa
FlySafair Bloemfontein,[21] Durban, East London, Johannesburg–Lanseria, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo, Port Elizabeth
FlyWestair Windhoek–Hosea Kutako
Kenya Airways Livingstone, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyattaa
KLM Amsterdam
Kulula.com Johannesburg–Lanseria, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo
LIFT Airline Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo
Lufthansa Frankfurt
Seasonal: Munich
Mango[22] Bloemfontein, Durban, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo (flights temporarily suspended) [23]
Qatar Airways Doha
South African AirwaysJohannesburg–O. R. Tambo (resumes 23 September 2021)[24]
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon (begins 1 November 2021)[25]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
United Airlines Seasonal: Newark[26]
Virgin Atlantic Seasonal: London–Heathrow[27][28]
Notes
  • ^a : Kenya Airways flights to Nairobi operate via Victoria Falls and Livingstone.

Cargo[]

AirlinesDestinations
BidAir Cargo[29] Johannesburg–Lanseria, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo

Statistics[]

Passenger traffic[]

See source Wikidata query and sources.


Annual passenger traffic for Cape Town International Airport[30][31]
Fiscal year International Regional Domestic Unscheduled Total
Passenger movements % Change Passenger movements % Change Passenger movements % Change Passenger movements % Change Passenger movements % Change
2004–05 1,176,958 no data 126,837 no data 4,895,048 no data 16,060 no data 6,214,903 no data
2005–06 1,167,661 Decrease0.8% 149,489 Increase17.9% 5,503,690 Increase12.4% 13,333 Decrease17.0% 6,834,173 Increase10.0%
2006–07 1,246,016 Increase6.7% 147,885 Decrease1.1% 6,107,405 Increase11.0% 17,237 Increase29.3% 7,518,543 Increase10.0%
2007–08 1,309,822 Increase5.1% 145,858 Decrease1.4% 6,950,061 Increase13.8% 20,877 Increase21.1% 8,426,618 Increase12.1%
2008–09 1,378,160 Increase5.2% 138,000 Decrease5.4% 6,283,132 Decrease9.6% 13,878 Decrease33.5% 7,813,170 Decrease7.3%
2009–10 1,284,990 Decrease6.8% 122,584 Decrease11.2% 6,391,079 Increase1.7% 11,416 Decrease17.7% 7,810,069 Decrease0.0%
2010–11 1,261,024 Decrease1.9% 122,609 Increase0.0% 6,781,143 Increase6.1% 35,771 Increase213% 8,200,547 Increase5.0%
2011–12 1,400,487 Increase11.1% 133,280 Increase8.7% 7,028,669 Increase3.7% 13,902 Decrease157% 8,576,338 Increase4.6%
2012–13 1,325,481 Decrease5.4% 144,148 Increase8.2% 6,951,577 Decrease1.1% 13,593 Decrease2.2% 8,434,799 Decrease1.7%
2013–14 1,355,524 Increase2.3% 143,356 Decrease0.7% 6,879,919 Decrease1.0% 14,190 Increase4.4% 8,392,989 Decrease0.5%
2014–15 1,452,360 Increase7.1% 150,602 Increase5.1% 7,142,907 Increase3.9% 10,003 Decrease41.9% 8,755,872 Increase4.3%
2015–16 1,564,464 Increase7.7% 179,775 Increase19.4% 7,902,362 Increase10.6% 12,988 Increase29.8% 9,659,589 Increase10.3%
2016–17 1,934,641 Increase23.7% 197,437 Increase9.8% 8,067,516 Increase2.1% 11,796 Decrease9.2% 10,211,390 Increase5.7%
2017–18 2,243,367 Increase16% 208,903 Increase5.8% 8,286,618 Increase2.7% 13,358 Increase13.2% 10,752,246 Increase5.3%
2018–19 2,406,594 Increase7.3% 195,617 Decrease6.4% 8,209,610 Decrease0.1% 11,916 Decrease10.8% 10,823,737 Increase0.1%
2019–20 2,356,225 Decrease2.1% 183,999 Decrease5.9% 8,137,246 Decrease0.9% 11,328 Decrease4.9% 10,688,798 Decrease1.2%

Aircraft movements[]

Annual aircraft movements for Cape Town International Airport[32]
Fiscal year International Regional Domestic Unscheduled Total
Aircraft movements % Change Aircraft movements % Change Aircraft movements % Change Aircraft movements % Change Aircraft movements % Change
2004–05 4,355 no data 4,242 no data 56,810 no data 27,154 no data 92,561 no data
2005–06 4,296 Decrease1.4% 4,169 Decrease1.7% 58,099 Increase2.3% 22,326 Decrease17.8% 88,890 Decrease4.0%
2006–07 4,623 Increase7.6% 3,698 Decrease11.3% 60,470 Increase4.1% 22,602 Increase1.2% 91,393 Increase2.8%
2007–08 5,019 Increase8.6% 3,420 Decrease7.5% 69,819 Increase15.5% 24,027 Increase6.3% 102,285 Increase11.9%
2008–09 5,638 Increase12.3% 3,340 Decrease2.3% 65,623 Decrease6.0% 21,042 Decrease12.4% 95,643 Decrease6.5%
2009–10 4,884 Decrease13.4% 3,296 Decrease1.3% 65,020 Decrease0.9% 19,379 Decrease7.9% 92,579 Decrease3.2%
2010–11 4,868 Decrease0.3% 3,137 Decrease4.8% 66,587 Increase2.4% 19,031 Decrease1.8% 93,623 Increase1.1%
2012–13 4,906 Increase0.8% 3,557 Increase4.8% 62,065 Decrease6.7% 18,545 Decrease1.8% 89,073 Decrease4.9%
2013–14 4,961 Increase1.1% 2,855 Decrease4.8% 60,665 Decrease2.3% 20,092 Increase1.8% 88,573 Decrease0.6%
2014–15 5,091 Increase2.6% 3,135 Increase4.8% 64,269 Increase5.9% 18,651 Decrease1.8% 91,146 Increase2.9%
2015–16 5,568 Increase9.4% 4,783 Increase4.8% 70,731 Increase10% 19,139 Increase1.8% 100,221 Increase10%
2016–17 7,121 Increase27.9% 5,048 Increase4.8% 71,081 Increase0.5% 16,087 Decrease1.8% 99,337 Decrease0.9%
2017–18 9,206 Increase29.3% 5,048 Increase4.8% 72,110 Increase1.4% 16,252 Increase1.8% 103,001 Increase3.7%
2018–19 10,490 Increase13.9% 4,950 Decrease1.9% 67,328 Decrease6.6% 15,898 Decrease2.2% 98,666 Decrease4.2%

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.

The airport provides approximately 1,424 parking bays in the general parking area, and 1,748 parking bays in the multi-storey parkade located near the domestic terminal.[33] A new parkade, which is located near the international terminal and while a provides an additional 4,000 bays, was opened in 2010.[34] The airport also offers a valet parking service.[33]

Public transport[]

The MyCiTi bus rapid transit system provides a shuttle service connecting the airport with the Civic Centre bus station in the city centre. Buses depart every 20 minutes from 04:20 to 22:00.[35] Transport to and from the airport is also provided by metered taxis and various private shuttle companies.[4]

Rail link[]

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.

Accolades[]

  • 2009 – Best Airport in Africa award by Skytrax, ahead of Durban International Airport and OR Tambo International Airport.[36]
  • 2011 – Best Airport in Africa of the Airport Service Quality Awards by Airports Council International[37]
  • 2012 – Best Airport in Africa award by Skytrax
  • 2013 – Best Airport Staff in Africa award by Skytrax[38]
  • 2013 – Best Airport in Africa award by Skytrax[38]
  • 2018 – Best Airport in Africa award by Skytrax[39]

See also[]

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