JNB
O.R. Tambo International Airport
O.R. Tambo International Airport (IATA: JNB, ICAO: FAOR) is a large airport in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. It opened in 1952. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,418 m (14,495 ft). It is operated by Airports Company South Africa. In 2017 it handled 21.2 million passengers.
Timeline
2 events · 1952–20131952
OpenedO.R. Tambo International Airport opens.
22 DEC 2013
DisasterBritish Airways Flight 34.No deaths
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap03L/21R014° / 194° · LIT
LENGTH4,418 m14,495 ftWIDTH61 m200 ftSURFACEAsphalt
03R/21L014° / 194° · LIT
LENGTH3,400 m11,155 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2011–201719.0M
18.8M
20.8M
21.2M
11121617
Routes
87 destinations · 45 countriesYear-round86
NLPNelspruit AirportSouth Africa · Airlink276 km171 miPTGPolokwane International AirportSouth Africa · Airlink283 km176 miGBESir Seretse Khama International AirportBotswana · South African Airways, Air Botswana, Airlink293 km182 miMQPKruger Mpumalanga International AirportSouth Africa · FlySafair, Airlink298 km185 miHDSEastgate Airport / Air Force Base HoedspruitSouth Africa · CemAir, Airlink345 km214 miSHOKing Mswati III International AirportEswatini · Eswatini Air, Airlink347 km216 miSZKSkukuza AirportSouth Africa · Airlink360 km224 miMSUMoshoeshoe I International AirportLesotho · Airlink375 km233 miBFNBram Fischer International AirportSouth Africa · FlySafair, CemAir, Airlink380 km236 miPHWHendrik Van Eck AirportSouth Africa · Airlink382 km237 miMPMMaputo AirportMozambique · LAM Mozambique Airlines, CemAir, Airlink433 km269 miPZBPietermaritzburg AirportSouth Africa · Airlink444 km276 miKIMKimberley AirportSouth Africa · CemAir, Airlink454 km282 miRCBRichards Bay AirportSouth Africa · CemAir, Airlink477 km296 miDURKing Shaka International AirportSouth Africa · LIFT (airline), FlySafair, South African Airways +2478 km297 miFRWPhillip Gaonwe Matante International AirportBotswana · Air Botswana559 km347 miMGHMargate AirportSouth Africa · CemAir563 km350 miUTTK. D. Matanzima AirportSouth Africa · Airlink603 km375 miBUQJoshua Mqabuko Nkomo International AirportZimbabwe · Fastjet Zimbabwe, Air Zimbabwe, Airlink682 km424 miUTNUpington AirportSouth Africa · Airlink734 km456 miELSKing Phalo AirportSouth Africa · FlySafair, CemAir, Airlink768 km477 miMUBMaun International AirportBotswana · CemAir, Air Botswana, Airlink844 km524 miVNXVilankulo AirportMozambique · LAM Mozambique Airlines, Airlink851 km529 miPLZChief Dawid Stuurman International AirportSouth Africa · FlySafair, South African Airways, CemAir +1909 km565 miVFAVictoria Falls International AirportZimbabwe · FlySafair, Fastjet Zimbabwe, South African Airways +3928 km577 miLVIHarry Mwanga Nkumbula International AirportZambia · Zambia Airways, FlySafair, Airlink958 km595 miHRERobert Gabriel Mugabe International AirportZimbabwe · FlySafair, Fastjet Zimbabwe, South African Airways +3959 km596 miBBKKasane International AirportBotswana · CemAir, Air Botswana, Airlink977 km607 miBEWBeira International AirportMozambique · LAM Mozambique Airlines, Airlink981 km610 miPBZPlettenberg Bay AirportSouth Africa · CemAir1,002 km623 miGRJGeorge AirportSouth Africa · FlySafair, CemAir, Airlink1,041 km647 miWDHHosea Kutako International AirportNamibia · South African Airways, Airlink1,165 km724 miLUNKenneth Kaunda International AirportZambia · Royal Zambian Airlines, Zambia Airways, South African Airways +41,202 km747 miTETTete AirportMozambique · LAM Mozambique Airlines, Airlink1,248 km775 miCPTCape Town International AirportSouth Africa · LIFT (airline), FlySafair, South African Airways +21,272 km790 miBLZChileka International AirportMalawi · Malawi Airlines, Airlink1,356 km843 miWVBWalvis Bay International AirportNamibia · Airlink1,419 km882 miNLASimon Mwansa Kapwepwe International AirportZambia · Proflight Zambia, Airlink1,465 km910 miLLWKamuzu International AirportMalawi · Malawi Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines, Airlink1,490 km926 miFBMLubumbashi International AirportCongo - Kinshasa · South African Airways, Airlink1,619 km1,006 miAPLNampula AirportMozambique · LAM Mozambique Airlines, Airlink1,679 km1,043 miMNCNacala International AirportMozambique · Airlink1,833 km1,139 miPOLPemba AirportMozambique · LAM Mozambique Airlines, Airlink1,945 km1,209 miTNRIvato International AirportMadagascar · Airlink2,135 km1,327 miDARJulius Nyerere International AirportTanzania · South African Airways, Air Tanzania, Airlink2,437 km1,514 miNBJDr. Antonio Agostinho Neto International AirportAngola · TAAG Angola Airlines, Airlink2,455 km1,525 miLADQuatro de Fevereiro International AirportAngola · Air Algérie2,490 km1,547 miZNZAbeid Amani Karume International AirportTanzania · FlySafair, Airlink2,502 km1,555 miNOSNosy Be International AirportMadagascar · Airlink2,533 km1,574 miKGLKigali International AirportRwanda · RwandAir2,695 km1,675 miFIHNdjili International AirportCongo - Kinshasa · Asky Airlines, Air Congo, South African Airways +12,777 km1,726 miBZVMaya-Maya International AirportCongo - Brazzaville · Asky Airlines2,800 km1,740 miRUNRoland Garros AirportRéunion · Air Austral2,836 km1,762 miNBOJomo Kenyatta International AirportKenya · Airlink, Kenya Airways2,912 km1,809 miEBBEntebbe International AirportUganda · Uganda Airlines2,946 km1,831 miMRUSir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International AirportMauritius · FlySafair, South African Airways, Air Mauritius3,066 km1,905 miLBVLibreville Leon M'ba International AirportGabon · Asky Airlines, FlyGabon3,582 km2,226 miHLESaint Helena International AirportSt. Helena · Airlink3,682 km2,288 miSEZSeychelles International AirportSeychelles · Air Seychelles3,756 km2,334 miDLADouala International AirportCameroon · Asky Airlines3,901 km2,424 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Ethiopian Airlines4,068 km2,528 miLOSMurtala Muhammed International AirportNigeria · Asky Airlines, South African Airways, Air Côte d'Ivoire4,524 km2,811 miLFWLomé–Tokoin International AirportTogo · Asky Airlines4,624 km2,873 miACCKotoka International AirportGhana · South African Airways4,674 km2,904 miABJFélix-Houphouët-Boigny International AirportCôte d’Ivoire · South African Airways, Air Côte d'Ivoire4,921 km3,058 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways6,243 km3,879 miCAICairo International AirportEgypt · EgyptAir6,264 km3,892 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Etihad Airways6,299 km3,914 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates6,413 km3,985 miGRUSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportBrazil · South African Airways, LATAM Brasil7,439 km4,622 miALGHouari Boumediene AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie7,462 km4,637 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines7,496 km4,658 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Air Europa8,106 km5,037 miPERPerth International AirportAustralia · South African Airways, Qantas Airways8,310 km5,164 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Lufthansa8,444 km5,247 miSINSingapore Changi AirportSingapore · Singapore Airlines8,656 km5,379 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Condor Flugdienst, Lufthansa8,690 km5,400 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France8,737 km5,429 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM9,017 km5,603 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · Virgin Atlantic, British Airways9,075 km5,639 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Cathay Pacific10,675 km6,633 miSZXShenzhen Bao'an International AirportChina · Air China10,680 km6,636 miSYDSydney Kingsford Smith International AirportAustralia · Qantas Airways11,024 km6,850 miPEKBeijing Capital International AirportChina · Air China11,709 km7,276 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Airlines12,865 km7,994 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines13,583 km8,440 miCargo18
DURKing Shaka International AirportSouth Africa · BidAir Cargo478 km297 miELSKing Phalo AirportSouth Africa · BidAir Cargo768 km477 miPLZChief Dawid Stuurman International AirportSouth Africa · BidAir Cargo909 km565 miVFAVictoria Falls International AirportZimbabwe · BidAir Cargo928 km577 miLVIHarry Mwanga Nkumbula International AirportZambia · BidAir Cargo958 km595 miHRERobert Gabriel Mugabe International AirportZimbabwe · BidAir Cargo959 km596 miGRJGeorge AirportSouth Africa · BidAir Cargo1,041 km647 miWDHHosea Kutako International AirportNamibia · BidAir Cargo1,165 km724 miCPTCape Town International AirportSouth Africa · BidAir Cargo1,272 km790 miDARJulius Nyerere International AirportTanzania · BidAir Cargo2,437 km1,514 miKGLKigali International AirportRwanda · BidAir Cargo2,695 km1,675 miNBOJomo Kenyatta International AirportKenya · ASL Airlines Belgium, BidAir Cargo, FedEx Express +12,912 km1,809 miEBBEntebbe International AirportUganda · Uganda Air Cargo Corporation2,946 km1,831 miMRUSir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International AirportMauritius · BidAir Cargo, Magma Aviation3,066 km1,905 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways6,243 km3,879 miCAICairo International AirportEgypt · EgyptAir Cargo6,264 km3,892 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · FedEx Express6,413 km3,985 miCMBBandaranaike International Colombo AirportSri Lanka · Magma Aviation6,688 km4,156 miMost destinationsAirlink 48South African Airways 17CemAir 17BidAir Cargo 13FlySafair 12LAM Mozambique Airlines 6
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from JNB. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “O. R. Tambo International Airport” (revision of 25 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
8 channelsAPPRadar West123.700
ATISATIS126.200
CLDClearance Delivery121.700
GNDGround121.900
GTEJohannesburg Apron Control122.650
TWRTower West118.100
TWRTower East118.600
APPRadar East124.500