List of busiest airports in South Africa
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The following is a list of the busiest airports by annual passenger traffic in South Africa.
Statistics (2004–2024)
All information below is sourced from the annual statistics published by the Airports Company South Africa. Figures are between 1 April and 31 March the following year.[1] Airports not controlled by the Airports Company South Africa do not generally publish or are delayed when updating their passenger statistics. Airports without official statistics have been displayed as current seat capacity on regularly scheduled flights.[2][3] These seats, although not always full, give an accurate number of passengers expected.
| Airport | Location | Code (IATA/ICAO) |
2024–25 | 2023–24 | 2022–23 | 2021–22 | 2020–21 | 2019–20 | 2018–19 | 2017–18 | 2016–17 | 2015–16 | 2014–15 | 2013–14 | 2012–13 | 2011–12 | 2010–11 | 2009–10 | 2008–09 | 2007–08 | 2006–07 | 2005–06 | 2004–05 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O. R. Tambo International Airport | Johannesburg, Gauteng | JNB/FAOR | 18,533,673 | 17,852,569 | 15,622,216 | 9,633,154 | 4,063,739 | 20,903,566 | 21,313,943 | 21,231,510 | 20,692,780 | 20,374,998 | 19,135,093 | 18,820,988 | 18,621,259 | 19,004,001 | 18,664,728 | 17,596,203 | 17,884,859 | 19,457,798 | 17,794,100 | 16,078,440 | 14,555,364 | [4][5] |
| Cape Town International Airport | Cape Town, Western Cape | CPT/FACT | 10,494,994 | 10,034,352 | 8,407,751 | 5,700,811 | 2,386,121 | 10,688,798 | 10,823,737 | 10,752,246 | 10,211,390 | 9,659,589 | 8,755,872 | 8,392,989 | 8,434,799 | 8,576,709 | 8,225,422 | 7,810,069 | 7,813,170 | 8,426,618 | 7,518,543 | 6,834,173 | 6,214,903 | [6][7] |
| King Shaka International Airport | Durban, KwaZulu-Natal | DUR/FALE | 5,042,922 | 4,994,178 | 4,307,419 | 3,215,925 | 1,502,286 | 6,099,628 | 5,993,161 | 5,624,170 | 5,220,002 | 4,930,155 | 4,524,894 | 4,465,088 | 4,668,467 | 5,040,094 | 4,873,571 | – | [8][9] | |||||
| Durban International Airport | Durban, KwaZulu-Natal | Closed | 4,403,340 | 4,792,553 | 4,257,714 | 3,698,044 | 3,209,263 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lanseria International Airport | Johannesburg, Gauteng | HLA/FALA | 2,482,872 | [10][i] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport | Gqeberha, Eastern Cape | PLZ/FAPE | 1,519,612 | 1,427,483 | 1,191,225 | 904,396 | 425,364 | 1,689,914 | 1,689,808 | 1,641,393 | 1,582,493 | 1,604,381 | 1,350,744 | 1,251,178 | 1,311,553 | 1,364,976 | 1,416,922 | 1,349,673 | 1,512,924 | 1,438,845 | 1,303,747 | 1,098,679 | [11][12] | |
| George Airport | George, Western Cape | GRJ/FAGG | 833,455 | 803,184 | 757,567 | 609,069 | 267,816 | 830,118 | 835,906 | 801,480 | 738,641 | 718,881 | 615,688 | 572,130 | 544,306 | 575,799 | 545,206 | 537,600 | 666,781 | 597,910 | 584,562 | 474,024 | [13][14] | |
| King Phalo Airport | East London, Eastern Cape | ELS/FAEL | 830,442 | 832,251 | 714,598 | 643,437 | 315,792 | 916,192 | 840,225 | 816,154 | 793,832 | 726,049 | 638,012 | 664,684 | 644,520 | 681,529 | 778,184 | 676,982 | 741,290 | 696,515 | 590,606 | 449,843 | [15][16] | |
| Bram Fischer International Airport | Bloemfontein, Free State | BFN/FABL | 387,009 | 346,373 | 318,135 | 204,692 | 73,071 | 357,391 | 355,052 | 396,725 | 395,452 | 393,471 | 363,895 | 382,155 | 411,655 | 441,954 | 417,642 | 397,228 | 412,873 | 353,723 | 254,805 | 229,887 | [17][18] | |
| Eastgate Airport | Hoedspruit, Mpumalanga | HDS/FAHS | 264,992 | [2][3][ii][iii] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport | Mbombela, Mpumalanga | MQP/FAKN | 260,000 | [19] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pietermritzburg Airport | Pietermaritzburg, Kwa-Zulu Natal | PZB/FAPM | 144,458 | [2][iv][v] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Kimberley Airport | Kimberley, Northern Cape | KIM/FAKM | 162,776 | 155,292 | 137,875 | 93,626 | 35,813 | 153,913 | 161,168 | 171,933 | 177,260 | 166,960 | 160,442 | 157225 | 151,405 | 140,298 | 132,830 | 131,885 | 150,590 | 132,358 | 115,506 | 97,837 | [20][21] | |
| Upington Airport | Upington, Northern Cape | UTN/FAUP | 56,881 | 53,740 | 49,818 | 29,249 | 10,894 | 52,873 | 62,499 | 66,974 | 65,292 | 68,800 | 74,297 | 65,387 | 55,726 | 52,224 | 48,498 | 42,229 | 48,765 | 40,631 | 33,192 | 31,123 | [22][23] | |
| Skukuza Airport | Skukuza, Mpumalanga | SZK/FASZ | 85,904 | [2][vi][vii] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mthatha Airport | Mthatha, Eastern Cape | UTT/FAUT | 76,960 | [2][viii][ix] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sishen Airport | Sishen, Northern Cape | SIS/FASS | 73,112 | [2][x][xi] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Polokwane Airport | Polokwane, Limpopo | PTG/FAPP | 69,264 | [2][xii][xiii] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Plettenberg Bay Airport | Plettenburg Bay, Western Cape | PBZ/FAPG | 57,200 | [24][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Richards Bay Airport | Richards Bay, Kwa-Zulu Natal | RCB/FARB | 51,272 | [2][xiv][xv] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Margate Airport | Margate, Kwa-Zulu Natal | MGH/FAMG | 31,200 | [3][xvi][xvii] | ||||||||||||||||||||