# Cape Town International Airport (CPT / FACT)

**Cape Town International Airport** (IATA: CPT, ICAO: FACT) is a large airport in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. It opened in 1954. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,201 m (10,502 ft). It is operated by Airports Company South Africa. In 2017 it handled 10.7 million passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/fact

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CPT / FACT
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Airports Company South Africa
- Serves: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
- Opened: 1954
- Elevation: 46 m / 151 ft
- Coordinates: -33.9740, 18.6043
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,201 m / 10,502 ft
- Passengers: 10,693,063 (2017)
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
- Website: http://www.capetowninternationalairport.co.za
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Town_International_Airport (40 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q854130
- Weather station: FACT · WMO 68816
- Ident: FACT

## Timeline

- 1954: Cape Town International Airport opens.
- 7 Nov 2007: Nationwide Airlines Flight 723. No deaths.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 3,201 m / 10,502 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Asphalt | 346° / 166° | yes |
| 16/34 | 1,701 m / 5,581 ft | 46 m / 151 ft | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 8,463,069 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 8,505,563 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 10,090,418 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 10,693,063 | Wikidata |

## Routes

46 destinations in 24 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (41)

- [GRJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fagg.md) George Airport · South Africa · 348 km / 216 mi · FlySafair, Airlink
- [PBZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fapg.md) Plettenberg Bay Airport · South Africa · 436 km / 271 mi · CemAir
- [PLZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fape.md) Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport · South Africa · 647 km / 402 mi · FlySafair, Airlink
- [UTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faup.md) Upington Airport · South Africa · 669 km / 416 mi · Airlink
- [KIM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fakm.md) Kimberley Airport · South Africa · 820 km / 510 mi · CemAir, Airlink
- [ELS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fael.md) King Phalo Airport · South Africa · 861 km / 535 mi · FlySafair, CemAir
- [BFN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fabl.md) Bram Fischer International Airport · South Africa · 909 km / 565 mi · FlySafair, Airlink
- [GBE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fbsk.md) Sir Seretse Khama International Airport · Botswana · 1,264 km / 785 mi · Air Botswana, Airlink
- [HLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fala.md) Lanseria International Airport · South Africa · 1,266 km / 787 mi · FlySafair
- [JNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faor.md) O.R. Tambo International Airport · South Africa · 1,272 km / 790 mi · LIFT (airline), FlySafair, CemAir, Airlink
- [DUR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fale.md) King Shaka International Airport · South Africa · 1,277 km / 793 mi · LIFT (airline), FlySafair, CemAir
- [WVB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fywb.md) Walvis Bay International Airport · Namibia · 1,282 km / 797 mi · Westair Aviation, Airlink
- [WDH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fywh.md) Hosea Kutako International Airport · Namibia · 1,283 km / 797 mi · FlySafair, Westair Aviation, Airlink
- [SHO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fdsk.md) King Mswati III International Airport · Eswatini · 1,516 km / 942 mi · Eswatini Air
- [MQP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fakn.md) Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport · South Africa · 1,538 km / 956 mi · FlySafair, Airlink
- [SZK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fasz.md) Skukuza Airport · South Africa · 1,605 km / 997 mi · Airlink
- [HDS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faht.md) Eastgate Airport / Air Force Base Hoedspruit · South Africa · 1,611 km / 1,001 mi · FlySafair, CemAir, Airlink
- [MPM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fqma.md) Maputo Airport · Mozambique · 1,614 km / 1,003 mi · Airlink
- [MUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fbmn.md) Maun International Airport · Botswana · 1,628 km / 1,012 mi · Air Botswana, Airlink
- [VFA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvfa.md) Victoria Falls International Airport · Zimbabwe · 1,906 km / 1,184 mi · Airlink, Kenya Airways
- [BBK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fbke.md) Kasane International Airport · Botswana · 1,910 km / 1,187 mi · Air Botswana
- [LVI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flli.md) Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport · Zambia · 1,934 km / 1,202 mi · Proflight Zambia, Kenya Airways
- [HRE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvha.md) Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport · Zimbabwe · 2,173 km / 1,350 mi · Airlink
- [LUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flls.md) Kenneth Kaunda International Airport · Zambia · 2,296 km / 1,427 mi · Proflight Zambia
- [NBJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fnbj.md) Dr. Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport · Angola · 2,820 km / 1,752 mi · TAAG Angola Airlines
- [DAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htda.md) Julius Nyerere International Airport · Tanzania · 3,683 km / 2,289 mi · Air Tanzania
- [ZNZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htza.md) Abeid Amani Karume International Airport · Tanzania · 3,745 km / 2,327 mi · Airlink
- [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · Kenya · 4,101 km / 2,548 mi · Kenya Airways
- [MRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fimp.md) Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport · Mauritius · 4,117 km / 2,558 mi · Air Mauritius, Airlink
- [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 5,230 km / 3,250 mi · Ethiopian Airlines
- [GRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbgr.md) São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport · Brazil · 6,351 km / 3,946 mi · LATAM Brasil
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 7,453 km / 4,631 mi · Qatar Airways
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 7,644 km / 4,750 mi · Emirates
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 8,431 km / 5,239 mi · Turkish Airlines
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 9,393 km / 5,837 mi · Lufthansa
- [SIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wsss.md) Singapore Changi Airport · Singapore · 9,667 km / 6,007 mi · Singapore Airlines
- [LHR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egll.md) London Heathrow Airport · United Kingdom · 9,682 km / 6,016 mi · British Airways
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 9,688 km / 6,020 mi · KLM
- [EWR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kewr.md) Newark Liberty International Airport · United States · 12,593 km / 7,825 mi · United Airlines
- [IAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiad.md) Washington Dulles International Airport · United States · 12,764 km / 7,931 mi · United Airlines
- [ATL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/katl.md) Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · United States · 13,091 km / 8,134 mi · Delta Air Lines

### Seasonal (8)

- [GRJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fagg.md) George Airport · South Africa · 348 km / 216 mi · CemAir
- [HLE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fhsh.md) Saint Helena International Airport · St. Helena · 3,145 km / 1,954 mi · Airlink
- [ZRH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lszh.md) Zürich Airport · Switzerland · 9,110 km / 5,661 mi · Edelweiss Air
- [MUC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddm.md) Munich Airport · Germany · 9,179 km / 5,704 mi · Lufthansa
- [CDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpg.md) Charles de Gaulle International Airport · France · 9,363 km / 5,818 mi · Air France
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 9,393 km / 5,837 mi · Condor Flugdienst
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 9,642 km / 5,991 mi · Norse Atlantic Airways
- [LHR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egll.md) London Heathrow Airport · United Kingdom · 9,682 km / 6,016 mi · Virgin Atlantic

### Cargo (3)

- [PLZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fape.md) Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport · South Africa · 647 km / 402 mi · BidAir Cargo
- [HLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fala.md) Lanseria International Airport · South Africa · 1,266 km / 787 mi · BidAir Cargo
- [JNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faor.md) O.R. Tambo International Airport · South Africa · 1,272 km / 790 mi · BidAir Cargo

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from CPT, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (2)

- 2I [Civair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/civair)
- SA [South African Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/south-african-airways)

### Passenger (28)

- 4Z [Airlink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airlink) · 19
- FA [FlySafair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flysafair) · 10
- 5Z [CemAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cemair) · 7
- BP [Air Botswana](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-botswana) · 3
- KQ [Kenya Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kenya-airways) · 3
- [LIFT](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lift) · 2
- LH [Lufthansa](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lufthansa) · 2
- P0 [Proflight Zambia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/proflight-zambia) · 2
- UA [United Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-airlines) · 2
- WV [Westair Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/westair-aviation) · 2
- AF [Air France](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-france) · 1 · seasonal
- MK [Air Mauritius](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-mauritius) · 1
- TC [Air Tanzania](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-tanzania) · 1
- BA [British Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/british-airways) · 1
- DE [Condor Flugdienst](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/condor-flugdienst) · 1 · seasonal
- DL [Delta Air Lines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-air-lines) · 1
- WK [Edelweiss Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/edelweiss-air) · 1 · seasonal
- EK [Emirates](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/emirates) · 1
- [Eswatini Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eswatini-air) · 1
- ET [Ethiopian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ethiopian-airlines) · 1
- KL [KLM](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/klm) · 1
- JJ [LATAM Brasil](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-brasil) · 1
- N0 [Norse Atlantic Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/norse-atlantic-airways) · 1 · seasonal
- QR [Qatar Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qatar-airways) · 1
- SQ [Singapore Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/singapore-airlines) · 1
- DT [TAAG Angola Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/taag-angola-airlines) · 1
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 1
- VS [Virgin Atlantic](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/virgin-atlantic) · 1 · seasonal

### Cargo (1)

- [BidAir Cargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bidair-cargo) · 3

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 10.7M (2017) | #200 of 3,974 | #7 in Africa | #2 in ZA |
| Longest runway | 3,201 m / 10,502 ft | =802 of 29,858 | #124 in Africa | #8 in ZA |
| Elevation | 46 m / 151 ft | =35,226 of 43,403 | =2,814 in Africa | =506 in ZA |
| Age | Opened 1954 | =4,023 of 15,079 | =52 in Africa | #7 in ZA |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =24 in Africa | =13 in ZA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | Approach | 119.700 |
| APP | Director | 124.500 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 127.000 |
| GND | Ground | 121.900 |
| AC | Apron Control | 122.650 |
| TWR | Tower | 118.100 |
| ATIS | Long Range ATIS | 127.600 |
| DEL | Delivery | 122.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [FAYP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fayp.md) Ysterplaat Air Force Base · 13 km / 7.9 mi
- [SDB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/falw.md) Langebaanweg Airport · 119 km / 74 mi
- [ROD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fars.md) Robertson Airport · 121 km / 75 mi
- [FASD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fasd.md) Saldanha/Vredenburg Airport · 127 km / 79 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Cape Town International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cape_Town_International_Airport&oldid=1370468633), revision of 21 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/fact/data