List of South African airports by passenger movements

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The following is a list of South African airports by passenger movements.

Statistics[]

All information below is sourced from the annual statistics published by the Airports Company South Africa. Figures are between 1 April and 31 March the following year.^[1]

Airports not controlled by the Airports Company South Africa do not generally publish passenger statistics, and have not been included.

2012–13[]

Rank	Airport	Location	Code (IATA/ICAO)	Total passengers	Rank Change	% Change
1.	O. R. Tambo International Airport	Johannesburg, Gauteng	JNB/FAOR	18,621,259		2.01%
2.	Cape Town International Airport	Cape Town, Western Cape	CPT/FACT	8,434,799		1.65%
3.	King Shaka International Airport	Durban, KwaZulu-Natal	DUR/FALE	4,668,467		7.37%
4.	Port Elizabeth Airport	Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape	PLZ/FAPE	1,311,553		3.91%
5.	East London Airport	East London, Eastern Cape	ELS/FAEL	644,520		5.43%
6.	George Airport	George, Western Cape	GRJ/FAGG	544,306		5.47%
7.	Bloemfontein Airport	Bloemfontein, Free State	BFN/FABL	411,655		6.86%
8.	Kimberley Airport	Kimberley, Northern Cape	KIM/FAKM	151,405		7.95%
9.	Upington Airport	Upington, Northern Cape	UTN/FAUP	55,726		6.7%

2011–12[]

Rank	Airport	Location	Code (IATA/ICAO)	Total passengers	Rank Change	% Change
1.	O. R. Tambo International Airport	Johannesburg, Gauteng	JNB/FAJS	19,004,001		1.82%
2.	Cape Town International Airport	Cape Town, Western Cape	CPT/FACT	8,576,709		4.27%
3.	King Shaka International Airport	Durban, KwaZulu-Natal	DUR/FALE	5,040,094		3.14%
4.	Port Elizabeth Airport	Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape	PLZ/FAPE	1,364,976		3.67%
5.	East London Airport	East London, Eastern Cape	ELS/FAEL	681,529		12.42%
6.	George Airport	George, Western Cape	GRJ/FAGG	575,799		5.61%
7.	Bloemfontein Airport	Bloemfontein, Free State	BFN/FABL	441,954		5.82%
8.	Kimberley Airport	Kimberley, Northern Cape	KIM/FAKM	140,298		5.62%
9.	Upington Airport	Upington, Northern Cape	UTN/FAUP	52,224		7.68%

2010–11[]

Rank	Airport	Location	Code (IATA/ICAO)	Total passengers	Rank Change	% Change
1.	O. R. Tambo International Airport	Johannesburg, Gauteng	JNB/FAJS	18,664,728		6.07%
2.	Cape Town International Airport	Cape Town, Western Cape	CPT/FACT	8,225,422		5.32%
3.	King Shaka International Airport	Durban, KwaZulu-Natal	DUR/FALE	4,886,552		N/A
4.	Port Elizabeth Airport	Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape	PLZ/FAPE	1,416,922		4.99%
5.	East London Airport	East London, Eastern Cape	ELS/FAEL	778,184		14.95%
6.	George Airport	George, Western Cape	GRJ/FAGG	545,206		1.41%
7.	Bloemfontein Airport	Bloemfontein, Free State	BFN/FABL	417,642		5.14%
8.	Kimberley Airport	Kimberley, Northern Cape	KIM/FAKM	132,830		0.72%
9.	Upington Airport	Upington, Northern Cape	UTN/FAUP	48,498		14.8%

2009–10[]

Rank	Airport	Location	Code (IATA/ICAO)	Total passengers	Rank Change	% Change
1.	O. R. Tambo International Airport	Johannesburg, Gauteng	JNB/FAJS	17,596,203		1.6%
2.	Cape Town International Airport	Cape Town, Western Cape	CPT/FACT	7,810,069		0.0%
3.	Durban International Airport	Durban, KwaZulu-Natal	DUR/FADN	4,403,340		2.6%
4.	Port Elizabeth Airport	Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape	PLZ/FAPE	1,349,673		4.2%
5.	East London Airport	East London, Eastern Cape	ELS/FAEL	676,982		3.2%
6.	George Airport	George, Western Cape	GRJ/FAGG	537,600		10.9%
7.	Bloemfontein Airport	Bloemfontein, Free State	BFN/FABL	397,228		2.8%
8.	Kimberley Airport	Kimberley, Northern Cape	KIM/FAKM	131,885		12.7%
9.	Upington Airport	Upington, Northern Cape	UTN/FAUP	42,229		11.6%

2007–08[]

Rank	Airport	Location	Code (IATA/ICAO)	Total passengers	Rank Change	% Change
1.	O. R. Tambo International Airport	Johannesburg, Gauteng	JNB/FAJS	19,457,798		9.3%
2.	Cape Town International Airport	Cape Town, Western Cape	CPT/FACT	8,426,618		12.1%
3.	Durban International Airport	Durban, KwaZulu-Natal	DUR/FADN	4,792,553		12.6%
4.	Port Elizabeth Airport	Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape	PLZ/FAPE	1,512,924		5.1%
5.	East London Airport	East London, Eastern Cape	ELS/FAEL	741,290		6.4%
6.	George Airport	George, Western Cape	GRJ/FAGG	666,781		11.5%
7.	Bloemfontein Airport	Bloemfontein, Free State	BFN/FABL	412,873		16.7%
8.	Kimberley Airport	Kimberley, Northern Cape	KIM/FAKM	150,590		13.8%
9.	Upington Airport	Upington, Northern Cape	UTN/FAUP	48,765		20.0%

2006–07[]

Rank	Airport	Location	Code (IATA/ICAO)	Total passengers	Rank Change	% Change
1.	O. R. Tambo International Airport	Johannesburg, Gauteng	JNB/FAJS	17,794,100		10.7%
2.	Cape Town International Airport	Cape Town, Western Cape	CPT/FACT	7,518,543		10.0%
3.	Durban International Airport	Durban, KwaZulu-Natal	DUR/FADN	4,257,714		15.1%
4.	Port Elizabeth Airport	Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape	PLZ/FAPE	1,438,845		10.4%
5.	East London Airport	East London, Eastern Cape	ELS/FAEL	696,515		17.9%
6.	George Airport	George, Western Cape	GRJ/FAGG	597,910		2.3%
7.	Bloemfontein Airport	Bloemfontein, Free State	BFN/FABL	353,723		38.8%
8.	Kimberley Airport	Kimberley, Northern Cape	KIM/FAKM	132,358		14.6%
9.	Upington Airport	Upington, Northern Cape	UTN/FAUP	40,631		22.4%

2005–06[]

Rank	Airport	Location	Code (IATA/ICAO)	Total passengers	Rank Change	% Change
1.	O. R. Tambo International Airport	Johannesburg, Gauteng	JNB/FAJS	16,078,440		10.5%
2.	Cape Town International Airport	Cape Town, Western Cape	CPT/FACT	6,834,173		10.0%
3.	Durban International Airport	Durban, KwaZulu-Natal	DUR/FADN	3,698,044		15.2%
4.	Port Elizabeth Airport	Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape	PLZ/FAPE	1,303,747		18.7%
5.	East London Airport	East London, Eastern Cape	ELS/FAEL	590,606	1	31.3%
6.	George Airport	George, Western Cape	GRJ/FAGG	584,562	1	23.3%
7.	Bloemfontein Airport	Bloemfontein, Free State	BFN/FABL	254,805		10.8%
8.	Kimberley Airport	Kimberley, Northern Cape	KIM/FAKM	115,506		18.1%
9.	Upington Airport	Upington, Northern Cape	UTN/FAUP	33,192		6.6%

2004–05[]

See also[]

• List of airports in South Africa

References[]

External links[]

• Airports Company of South Africa