Cape Town International Airport

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Cape Town International Airport

IATA: CPT - ICAO: FACT
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Airports Company South Africa
Serves		Cape Town
Elevation AMSL		138 ft (42 m)
Coordinates		33°58′10″S, 18°35′50″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
01/19	10,483	3,195	Paved
16/34	5,574	1,699	Paved

Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) (IATA: CPT, ICAO: FACT) is an airport in Cape Town, South Africa. It is a hub for South African Airways. Cape Town International is the second-largest airport in South Africa, after JNB, third-largest in Africa and a major gateway for tourist traffic. Until the mid-1990s the airport was named DF Malan Airport after Prime Minister Daniel François Malan.

1 Terminals
2 Statistics
3 Airlines and destinations
4 Development
5 Management
6 External links

[edit] Terminals

CTIA has five terminals:

International Arrivals
International Departures
Domestic Arrivals
Domestic Departures on South African Airways
Domestic Departures on other airlines

The terminals are arranged in a line along a single road, and are within easy walking distance of each other. Only the international terminal currently provides airside contact stands connected with air bridges. The airport is rapidly undergoing changes due to rapid tourism and business traveller growth and in preparation for the FIFA 2010 World Cup.

[edit] Statistics

In 2004, CTIA handled 6,018,044 passengers (+12.9% vs.'03), and 92,315 aircraft movements.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

The following airlines have scheduled services to Cape Town International Airport:

1Time (Durban, East London, Johannesburg)
Air Botswana (Gaborone, Maun)
Air Mauritius (Mauritius)
Air Namibia (Luderitz, Oranjemund, Walvis Bay, Windhoek-Eros, Windhoek-Hosea Kutako)
British Airways (London-Heathrow)
- Comair (Durban, Johannesburg)
Flyglobespan (Manchester)
Kulula.com (Durban, George, Johannesburg, Lanseria, Port Elizabeth)
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam)
LTU International (Düsseldorf, Munich)
Lufthansa (Frankfurt)
Malaysia Airlines (Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Kuala Lumpur)
Mango (Bloemfontein, Durban, Johannesburg)
Nationwide Airlines (Durban, Johannesburg, Kruger-Mpumalanga Int'l, Port Elizabeth)
Qatar Airways (Doha)
Singapore Airlines (Singapore)
South African Airways (Durban, Frankfurt, Johannesburg, London-Heathrow)
- South African Airlink (George, Kimberley, Nelspruit, Upington)
- South African Express (Bloemfontein, East London, Gaborone, Maputo, Port Elizabeth, Walvis Bay, Windhoek-Hosea Kutako)
Virgin Atlantic Airways (London-Heathrow)

[edit] Development

CTIA is currently undergoing major renovations at a total cost of R1,3 billion to accommodate the expected 14-million passengers by 2015. The new International Terminal has already been completed with the first of two new multi-storey car parkades already operational adjacent to the Domestic Terminal, the second is commencing construction in April 2007 and will be located opposite the International Terminal and will provide an additional 2500 parking bays.

The single landside road access will be reconfigured to provide a two-level roadway, with the lower-level for arrivals and upper-level for departures. This will increase capacity at the airport and completely alter the face of the airport. Construction has already begun and is scheduled for completion by 2009.

The domestic terminals are receiving a complete face-lift in conjunction with a new central terminal building at a cost of R900 million, linking the international and domestic terminals. The domestic terminal will be extensively upgraded and expanded, with the central terminal accommodating both additional international and domestic arrivals and departures. Complementing additional capacity, additional glass air-bridges will be added at airside to facilitate direct access from arrivals and departures to the aircraft.

[edit] Management

CTIA is managed by the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA), which manages all major airports in South Africa. Before the formation of ACSA, all airports were managed by the State. The Department of Transport remains a major shareholder in ACSA.