# Grand Central Airport (GCJ / FAGC)

**Grand Central Airport** (IATA: GCJ, ICAO: FAGC) is a medium airport in Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa. It opened in 1937. It has one runway, 1,830 m (6,004 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GCJ / FAGC
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa
- Opened: 1937
- Elevation: 1,623 m / 5,325 ft
- Coordinates: -25.9863, 28.1401
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,830 m / 6,004 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
- Website: http://grandcentral.co.za/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Central_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3914596
- Weather station: FAGC
- Ident: FAGC

## Timeline

- 1937: Grand Central Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 1,830 m / 6,004 ft | 23 m / 75 ft | Asphalt | 153° / 333° | yes |

- 17/35 slopes 1.3%: threshold 17 at 1,599 m / 5,247 ft, threshold 35 at 1,623 m / 5,325 ft.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,830 m / 6,004 ft | =4,542 of 29,858 | =500 in Africa | #30 in ZA |
| Elevation | 1,623 m / 5,325 ft | =1,626 of 43,403 | #252 in Africa | #35 in ZA |
| Age | Opened 1937 | =703 of 15,079 | #26 in Africa | #3 in ZA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =42 in ZA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | AFIS | 122.800 |

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## 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)
- [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/fagc/data