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Large airport · South Africa

OR Tambo International Airport

Johannesburg, South Africa

JNBIATA code
FAORICAO code
21.2Mpassengers in 2017
4,421 mlongest of 2 runways
1,694 melevation · 5,558 ft
1952opened
OR Tambo International Airport (JNB)
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OR Tambo International Airport (JNB/FAOR) is an airport in South Africa serving Johannesburg.

It handled 21,237,208 passengers in 2017.

It has 2 runways, the longest 4,421 m, at an elevation of 1,694 m.

12 airlines use it as a hub, including Mango, South African Airways and Egoli Air.

Passengers per year

2011–2017
19M18.8M20.8M21.2M
2011’112012’122016’162017’17
Identification
IATA
JNB
ICAO
FAOR
Wikidata
Q821750
Location
City served
Johannesburg
Located in
Kempton Park
Coordinates
-26.1392, 28.2461
Elevation
1,694 m (5,558 ft)
Organisation
Type
international airport, commercial traffic aerodrome
Opened
1952-01-01
Operator
Airports Company South Africa
Owner
Airports Company South Africa
Named after
Johannesburg, Jan Christiaan Smuts
Runways
03R/21L
3,405 m · 11,171 ftasphalt concrete
03L/21R
4,421 m · 14,505 ftasphalt concrete

Hub for 12 airlines

JEMangoSASouth African AirwaysEgoli AirEASExecutive Aerospace4ZAirlink7VFederal Air5ZCemAirBRHStar Air CargoBidAir CargoCTCommand AirwaysD6Interair South AfricaImperial Air Cargo