FACT
Cape Town International Airport
LIFR
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Name
Cape Town International Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
FACT / CPT / FACT
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
7:41 pm (SAST)
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Municipality
Cape Town
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Coordinates
33° 57′ 53″ S 18° 36′ 6″ E
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Elevation
151 ft (46 m MSL)
About Cape Town International Airport
Cape Town International Airport (IATA: CPT, ICAO: FACT) is the primary international airport serving the city of Cape Town, and is the second-busiest airport in South Africa and fourth-busiest in Africa.
Located approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the city center, the airport was opened in 1954 to replace Cape Town's previous airport, Wingfield Aerodrome. Cape Town International Airport is the only airport in the Cape Town metropolitan area that offers scheduled passenger services. The airport has domestic and international terminals, linked by a common central terminal.
The airport has direct flights from South Africa's other two main urban areas, Johannesburg and Durban, as well as flights to smaller centers in South Africa. Internationally, it has direct flights to several destinations in Africa, and locations in the Middle East, Asia, Europe, South America, Australia, and the United States.
The air route between Cape Town and Johannesburg was the world's ninth-busiest air route in 2011 with an estimated 4.5 million passengers.