# O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB / FAOR)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: JNB / FAOR
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Airports Company South Africa
- Serves: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
- Opened: 1952
- Elevation: 1,694 m / 5,558 ft
- Coordinates: -26.1401, 28.2468
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 4,418 m / 14,495 ft
- Passengers: 21,237,208 (2017)
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
- Website: https://ortambointernationalairport.co.za
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._R._Tambo_International_Airport (41 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q821750
- Weather station: FAOR
- Ident: FAOR

## Timeline

- 1952: O.R. Tambo International Airport opens.
- 22 Dec 2013: British Airways Flight 34. No deaths.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03L/21R | 4,418 m / 14,495 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Asphalt | 014° / 194° | yes |
| 03R/21L | 3,400 m / 11,155 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Asphalt | 014° / 194° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 19,033,078 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 18,816,163 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 20,803,950 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 21,237,208 | Wikidata |

## Routes

87 destinations in 45 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (86)

- [NLP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fans.md) Nelspruit Airport · South Africa · 276 km / 171 mi · Airlink
- [PTG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fapp.md) Polokwane International Airport · South Africa · 283 km / 176 mi · Airlink
- [GBE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fbsk.md) Sir Seretse Khama International Airport · Botswana · 293 km / 182 mi · South African Airways, Air Botswana, Airlink
- [MQP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fakn.md) Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport · South Africa · 298 km / 185 mi · FlySafair, Airlink
- [HDS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faht.md) Eastgate Airport / Air Force Base Hoedspruit · South Africa · 345 km / 214 mi · CemAir, Airlink
- [SHO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fdsk.md) King Mswati III International Airport · Eswatini · 347 km / 216 mi · Eswatini Air, Airlink
- [SZK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fasz.md) Skukuza Airport · South Africa · 360 km / 224 mi · Airlink
- [MSU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fxmm.md) Moshoeshoe I International Airport · Lesotho · 375 km / 233 mi · Airlink
- [BFN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fabl.md) Bram Fischer International Airport · South Africa · 380 km / 236 mi · FlySafair, CemAir, Airlink
- [PHW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faph.md) Hendrik Van Eck Airport · South Africa · 382 km / 237 mi · Airlink
- [MPM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fqma.md) Maputo Airport · Mozambique · 433 km / 269 mi · LAM Mozambique Airlines, CemAir, Airlink
- [PZB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fapm.md) Pietermaritzburg Airport · South Africa · 444 km / 276 mi · Airlink
- [KIM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fakm.md) Kimberley Airport · South Africa · 454 km / 282 mi · CemAir, Airlink
- [RCB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/farb.md) Richards Bay Airport · South Africa · 477 km / 296 mi · CemAir, Airlink
- [DUR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fale.md) King Shaka International Airport · South Africa · 478 km / 297 mi · LIFT (airline), FlySafair, South African Airways, CemAir, Airlink
- [FRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fbft.md) Phillip Gaonwe Matante International Airport · Botswana · 559 km / 347 mi · Air Botswana
- [MGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/famg.md) Margate Airport · South Africa · 563 km / 350 mi · CemAir
- [UTT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faut.md) K. D. Matanzima Airport · South Africa · 603 km / 375 mi · Airlink
- [BUQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvbu.md) Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport · Zimbabwe · 682 km / 424 mi · Fastjet Zimbabwe, Air Zimbabwe, Airlink
- [UTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faup.md) Upington Airport · South Africa · 734 km / 456 mi · Airlink
- [ELS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fael.md) King Phalo Airport · South Africa · 768 km / 477 mi · FlySafair, CemAir, Airlink
- [MUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fbmn.md) Maun International Airport · Botswana · 844 km / 524 mi · CemAir, Air Botswana, Airlink
- [VNX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fqvl.md) Vilankulo Airport · Mozambique · 851 km / 529 mi · LAM Mozambique Airlines, Airlink
- [PLZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fape.md) Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport · South Africa · 909 km / 565 mi · FlySafair, South African Airways, CemAir, Airlink
- [VFA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvfa.md) Victoria Falls International Airport · Zimbabwe · 928 km / 577 mi · FlySafair, Fastjet Zimbabwe, South African Airways, CemAir, Air Seychelles, Airlink
- [LVI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flli.md) Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport · Zambia · 958 km / 595 mi · Zambia Airways, FlySafair, Airlink
- [HRE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvha.md) Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport · Zimbabwe · 959 km / 596 mi · FlySafair, Fastjet Zimbabwe, South African Airways, CemAir, Air Zimbabwe, Airlink
- [BBK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fbke.md) Kasane International Airport · Botswana · 977 km / 607 mi · CemAir, Air Botswana, Airlink
- [BEW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fqbr.md) Beira International Airport · Mozambique · 981 km / 610 mi · LAM Mozambique Airlines, Airlink
- [PBZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fapg.md) Plettenberg Bay Airport · South Africa · 1,002 km / 623 mi · CemAir
- [GRJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fagg.md) George Airport · South Africa · 1,041 km / 647 mi · FlySafair, CemAir, Airlink
- [WDH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fywh.md) Hosea Kutako International Airport · Namibia · 1,165 km / 724 mi · South African Airways, Airlink
- [LUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flls.md) Kenneth Kaunda International Airport · Zambia · 1,202 km / 747 mi · Royal Zambian Airlines, Zambia Airways, South African Airways, Proflight Zambia, RwandAir, CemAir, Airlink
- [TET](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fqtt.md) Tete Airport · Mozambique · 1,248 km / 775 mi · LAM Mozambique Airlines, Airlink
- [CPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fact.md) Cape Town International Airport · South Africa · 1,272 km / 790 mi · LIFT (airline), FlySafair, South African Airways, CemAir, Airlink
- [BLZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwcl.md) Chileka International Airport · Malawi · 1,356 km / 843 mi · Malawi Airlines, Airlink
- [WVB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fywb.md) Walvis Bay International Airport · Namibia · 1,419 km / 882 mi · Airlink
- [NLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flsk.md) Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport · Zambia · 1,465 km / 910 mi · Proflight Zambia, Airlink
- [LLW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwki.md) Kamuzu International Airport · Malawi · 1,490 km / 926 mi · Malawi Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines, Airlink
- [FBM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzqa.md) Lubumbashi International Airport · Congo - Kinshasa · 1,619 km / 1,006 mi · South African Airways, Airlink
- [APL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fqnp.md) Nampula Airport · Mozambique · 1,679 km / 1,043 mi · LAM Mozambique Airlines, Airlink
- [MNC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fqnc.md) Nacala International Airport · Mozambique · 1,833 km / 1,139 mi · Airlink
- [POL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fqpb.md) Pemba Airport · Mozambique · 1,945 km / 1,209 mi · LAM Mozambique Airlines, Airlink
- [TNR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fmmi.md) Ivato International Airport · Madagascar · 2,135 km / 1,327 mi · Airlink
- [DAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htda.md) Julius Nyerere International Airport · Tanzania · 2,437 km / 1,514 mi · South African Airways, Air Tanzania, Airlink
- [NBJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fnbj.md) Dr. Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport · Angola · 2,455 km / 1,525 mi · TAAG Angola Airlines, Airlink
- [LAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fnlu.md) Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport · Angola · 2,490 km / 1,547 mi · Air Algérie
- [ZNZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htza.md) Abeid Amani Karume International Airport · Tanzania · 2,502 km / 1,555 mi · FlySafair, Airlink
- [NOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fmnn.md) Nosy Be International Airport · Madagascar · 2,533 km / 1,574 mi · Airlink
- [KGL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hryr.md) Kigali International Airport · Rwanda · 2,695 km / 1,675 mi · RwandAir
- [FIH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzaa.md) Ndjili International Airport · Congo - Kinshasa · 2,777 km / 1,726 mi · Asky Airlines, Air Congo, South African Airways, Airlink
- [BZV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fcbb.md) Maya-Maya International Airport · Congo - Brazzaville · 2,800 km / 1,740 mi · Asky Airlines
- [RUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fmee.md) Roland Garros Airport · Réunion · 2,836 km / 1,762 mi · Air Austral
- [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · Kenya · 2,912 km / 1,809 mi · Airlink, Kenya Airways
- [EBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/huen.md) Entebbe International Airport · Uganda · 2,946 km / 1,831 mi · Uganda Airlines
- [MRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fimp.md) Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport · Mauritius · 3,066 km / 1,905 mi · FlySafair, South African Airways, Air Mauritius
- [LBV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fool.md) Libreville Leon M'ba International Airport · Gabon · 3,582 km / 2,226 mi · Asky Airlines, FlyGabon
- [HLE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fhsh.md) Saint Helena International Airport · St. Helena · 3,682 km / 2,288 mi · Airlink
- [SEZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fsia.md) Seychelles International Airport · Seychelles · 3,756 km / 2,334 mi · Air Seychelles
- [DLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fkkd.md) Douala International Airport · Cameroon · 3,901 km / 2,424 mi · Asky Airlines
- [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 4,068 km / 2,528 mi · Ethiopian Airlines
- [LOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnmm.md) Murtala Muhammed International Airport · Nigeria · 4,524 km / 2,811 mi · Asky Airlines, South African Airways, Air Côte d'Ivoire
- [LFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dxxx.md) Lomé–Tokoin International Airport · Togo · 4,624 km / 2,873 mi · Asky Airlines
- [ACC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dgaa.md) Kotoka International Airport · Ghana · 4,674 km / 2,904 mi · South African Airways
- [ABJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/diap.md) Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport · Côte d’Ivoire · 4,921 km / 3,058 mi · South African Airways, Air Côte d'Ivoire
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 6,243 km / 3,879 mi · Qatar Airways
- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 6,264 km / 3,892 mi · EgyptAir
- [AUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omaa.md) Zayed International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 6,299 km / 3,914 mi · Etihad Airways
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 6,413 km / 3,985 mi · Emirates
- [GRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbgr.md) São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport · Brazil · 7,439 km / 4,622 mi · South African Airways, LATAM Brasil
- [ALG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/daag.md) Houari Boumediene Airport · Algeria · 7,462 km / 4,637 mi · Air Algérie
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 7,496 km / 4,658 mi · Turkish Airlines
- [MAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lemd.md) Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · Spain · 8,106 km / 5,037 mi · Air Europa
- [PER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypph.md) Perth International Airport · Australia · 8,310 km / 5,164 mi · South African Airways, Qantas Airways
- [MUC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddm.md) Munich Airport · Germany · 8,444 km / 5,247 mi · Lufthansa
- [SIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wsss.md) Singapore Changi Airport · Singapore · 8,656 km / 5,379 mi · Singapore Airlines
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 8,690 km / 5,400 mi · Condor Flugdienst, Lufthansa
- [CDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpg.md) Charles de Gaulle International Airport · France · 8,737 km / 5,429 mi · Air France
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 9,017 km / 5,603 mi · KLM
- [LHR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egll.md) London Heathrow Airport · United Kingdom · 9,075 km / 5,639 mi · Virgin Atlantic, British Airways
- [HKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vhhh.md) Hong Kong International Airport · Hong Kong SAR China · 10,675 km / 6,633 mi · Cathay Pacific
- [SZX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgsz.md) Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport · China · 10,680 km / 6,636 mi · Air China
- [SYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yssy.md) Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport · Australia · 11,024 km / 6,850 mi · Qantas Airways
- [PEK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbaa.md) Beijing Capital International Airport · China · 11,709 km / 7,276 mi · Air China
- [EWR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kewr.md) Newark Liberty International Airport · United States · 12,865 km / 7,994 mi · United Airlines
- [ATL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/katl.md) Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · United States · 13,583 km / 8,440 mi · Delta Air Lines

### Cargo (18)

- [DUR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fale.md) King Shaka International Airport · South Africa · 478 km / 297 mi · BidAir Cargo
- [ELS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fael.md) King Phalo Airport · South Africa · 768 km / 477 mi · BidAir Cargo
- [PLZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fape.md) Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport · South Africa · 909 km / 565 mi · BidAir Cargo
- [VFA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvfa.md) Victoria Falls International Airport · Zimbabwe · 928 km / 577 mi · BidAir Cargo
- [LVI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flli.md) Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport · Zambia · 958 km / 595 mi · BidAir Cargo
- [HRE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvha.md) Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport · Zimbabwe · 959 km / 596 mi · BidAir Cargo
- [GRJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fagg.md) George Airport · South Africa · 1,041 km / 647 mi · BidAir Cargo
- [WDH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fywh.md) Hosea Kutako International Airport · Namibia · 1,165 km / 724 mi · BidAir Cargo
- [CPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fact.md) Cape Town International Airport · South Africa · 1,272 km / 790 mi · BidAir Cargo
- [DAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htda.md) Julius Nyerere International Airport · Tanzania · 2,437 km / 1,514 mi · BidAir Cargo
- [KGL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hryr.md) Kigali International Airport · Rwanda · 2,695 km / 1,675 mi · BidAir Cargo
- [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · Kenya · 2,912 km / 1,809 mi · ASL Airlines Belgium, BidAir Cargo, FedEx Express, Magma Aviation
- [EBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/huen.md) Entebbe International Airport · Uganda · 2,946 km / 1,831 mi · Uganda Air Cargo Corporation
- [MRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fimp.md) Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport · Mauritius · 3,066 km / 1,905 mi · BidAir Cargo, Magma Aviation
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 6,243 km / 3,879 mi · Qatar Airways
- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 6,264 km / 3,892 mi · EgyptAir Cargo
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 6,413 km / 3,985 mi · FedEx Express
- [CMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcbi.md) Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport · Sri Lanka · 6,688 km / 4,156 mi · Magma Aviation

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (14)

- 4Z [Airlink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airlink) · 48
- 5Z [CemAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cemair) · 17
- SA [South African Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/south-african-airways) · 17
- [BidAir Cargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bidair-cargo) · 13
- CT [Command Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/command-airways)
- [Egoli Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/egoli-air)
- EAS [Executive Aerospace](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/executive-aerospace)
- 7V [Federal Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/federal-air)
- QG [Global Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/global-aviation-gbb)
- [Imperial Air Cargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/imperial-air-cargo)
- D6 [Interair South Africa](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/interair-south-africa)
- JE [Mango](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mango)
- FA [Safair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/safair)
- BRH [Star Air Cargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/star-air-cargo)

### Passenger (44)

- FA [FlySafair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flysafair) · 12
- KP [Asky Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/asky-airlines) · 6
- TM [LAM Mozambique Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lam-mozambique-airlines) · 6
- BP [Air Botswana](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-botswana) · 4
- FN [Fastjet Zimbabwe](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fastjet-zimbabwe) · 3
- AH [Air Algérie](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-algerie) · 2
- CA [Air China](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-china) · 2
- HF [Air Côte d'Ivoire](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-cote-divoire) · 2
- HM [Air Seychelles](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-seychelles) · 2
- UM [Air Zimbabwe](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-zimbabwe) · 2
- ET [Ethiopian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ethiopian-airlines) · 2
- [LIFT](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lift) · 2
- LH [Lufthansa](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lufthansa) · 2
- 3W [Malawi Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/malawi-airlines) · 2
- P0 [Proflight Zambia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/proflight-zambia) · 2
- QF [Qantas Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qantas-airways) · 2
- WB [RwandAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rwandair) · 2
- ZN [Zambia Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/zambia-airways) · 2
- UU [Air Austral](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-austral) · 1
- 4H [Air Congo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-congo) · 1
- UX [Air Europa](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-europa) · 1
- AF [Air France](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-france) · 1
- 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
- CX [Cathay Pacific](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cathay-pacific) · 1
- DE [Condor Flugdienst](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/condor-flugdienst) · 1
- DL [Delta Air Lines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-air-lines) · 1
- MS [EgyptAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/egyptair) · 1
- EK [Emirates](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/emirates) · 1
- [Eswatini Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eswatini-air) · 1
- EY [Etihad Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/etihad-airways) · 1
- [FlyGabon](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flygabon) · 1
- KQ [Kenya Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kenya-airways) · 1
- KL [KLM](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/klm) · 1
- JJ [LATAM Brasil](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-brasil) · 1
- QR [Qatar Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qatar-airways) · 1
- [Royal Zambian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/royal-zambian-airlines) · 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
- UR [Uganda Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/uganda-airlines) · 1
- UA [United Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-airlines) · 1
- VS [Virgin Atlantic](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/virgin-atlantic) · 1

### Cargo (5)

- [Magma Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/magma-aviation) · 3
- FX [FedEx Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fedex-express) · 2
- 3V [ASL Airlines Belgium](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/asl-airlines-belgium) · 1
- MS [EgyptAir Cargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/egyptair-cargo) · 1
- UCC [Uganda Air Cargo Corporation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/uganda-air-cargo-corporation) · 1

Former hub of [1time Airline](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/1time-airline), [African International Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/african-international-airways), [Comair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/comair-caw), [Fly Blue Crane](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fly-blue-crane), [Nationwide Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nationwide-airlines), [Pelican Air Services](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pelican-air-services), [Skywise Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/skywise-airlines), [South African Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/south-african-express), [kulula.com](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kulula-com).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 21.2M (2017) | #110 of 3,974 | #2 in Africa | #1 in ZA |
| Longest runway | 4,418 m / 14,495 ft | #39 of 29,858 | #6 in Africa | #3 in ZA |
| Elevation | 1,694 m / 5,558 ft | #1,407 of 43,403 | #197 in Africa | #16 in ZA |
| Age | Opened 1952 | =3,844 of 15,079 | =47 in Africa | #6 in ZA |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =24 in Africa | =13 in ZA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | Radar West | 123.700 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 126.200 |
| CLD | Clearance Delivery | 121.700 |
| GND | Ground | 121.900 |
| GTE | Johannesburg Apron Control | 122.650 |
| TWR | Tower West | 118.100 |
| TWR | Tower East | 118.600 |
| APP | Radar East | 124.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [QRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fagm.md) Rand Airport · 15 km / 9.2 mi
- [GCJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fagc.md) Grand Central Airport · 20 km / 13 mi
- [WKF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fawk.md) Waterkloof Air Force Base · 35 km / 21 mi
- [FASK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fask.md) Swartkop Air Force Base · 38 km / 23 mi
- [HLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fala.md) Lanseria International Airport · 39 km / 24 mi
- [PRY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fawb.md) Wonderboom Airport · 54 km / 34 mi

## In collections

- [Longest runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/longest-runways) #39

## 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: “O. R. Tambo International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=O._R._Tambo_International_Airport&oldid=1376670237), revision of 25 Sep 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/faor/data