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Source: Passenger and Aircraft Statistics [ 1] 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 fifth-busiest in Africa. Located approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the city center, the airport was opened in ...
Wingfield Aerodrome was first the Cape Town Municipal Aerodrome, then Air Force Station Wingfield under the SAAF, before being used as a Fleet Air Arm base by the Royal Navy. After World War II, the aerodrome reverted to being the municipal airport for a while. The history of Wingfield is synonymous with the history of flight in South Africa ...
King Phalo Airport ( IATA: ELS, ICAO: FAEL) ( Afrikaans: Koning Phalo Internasionale Lughawe; formerly East London Airport ( Afrikaans: Oos-Londen Lughawe) until 23 February 2021) [4] is an airport serving East London, a city in the Eastern Cape province on the southeast coast of South Africa . The airport handles between 20 and 30 flights ...
About 10,000 Dutch families, for various reasons, left for the north in search of new land, thereby opening up the interior of the country. Further political development occurred in 1840 when the Cape Town Municipality was formed. At its inception, the population stood at 20,016, of which 10,560 were white.
Cape Winelands Airport (formerly Fisantekraal Airfield) is an ex- South African Air Force airfield built circa 1943, and used to operate Lockheed Ventura bombers. It is located approximately 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) northeast of Durbanville. It has been in private ownership since 1993.
Cape Town[ a] is the legislative capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. [ 11] It is the country's second-largest city, after Johannesburg, and the largest in the Western Cape. [ 12] The city is part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality .
"ICAO Location Indicators by State" (PDF). International Civil Aviation Organization. 12 January 2006. "UN Location Codes: South Africa (includes IATA codes)". UN/LOCODE 2006-2. UNECE. 17 June 2024. South African Air Force Bases
Air Force Base Ysterplaat ( ICAO: FAYP) is an airbase of the South African Air Force. It is located in Cape Town suburb Ysterplaat, on the southwestern coast of South Africa . The name Ysterplaat is Afrikaans from the Dutch "Ijzerplaats", meaning "Iron Place" or "Place of Iron" in English. The base's motto is Fortiter In Re (Resolute in Action).