List of South African airports by passenger movements


The following is a list of South African airports by passenger movements.

Statistics

All information below is sourced from the annual statistics published by the Airports Company South Africa. Figures are between 01 April and 31 March the following year.
Airports not controlled by the Airports Company South Africa do not generally publish passenger statistics, and have not been included.

2012–13

RankAirportLocationCode
Total
passengers		Rank
Change		%
Change
1.OR Tambo International AirportJohannesburg, GautengJNB/FAOR18,621,2592.01%
2.Cape Town International AirportCape Town, Western CapeCPT/FACT8,434,7991.65%
3.King Shaka International AirportDurban, KwaZulu-NatalDUR/FALE4,668,4677.37%
4.Port Elizabeth AirportPort Elizabeth, Eastern CapePLZ/FAPE1,311,5533.91%
5.East London AirportEast London, Eastern CapeELS/FAEL644,5205.43%
6.George AirportGeorge, Western CapeGRJ/FAGG544,3065.47%
7.Bloemfontein AirportBloemfontein, Free StateBFN/FABL411,6556.86%
8.Kimberley AirportKimberley, Northern CapeKIM/FAKM151,4057.95%
9.Upington AirportUpington, Northern CapeUTN/FAUP55,7266.7%

2011–12

RankAirportLocationCode
Total
passengers		Rank
Change		%
Change
1.OR Tambo International AirportJohannesburg, GautengJNB/FAJS19,004,0011.82%
2.Cape Town International AirportCape Town, Western CapeCPT/FACT8,576,7094.27%
3.King Shaka International AirportDurban, KwaZulu-NatalDUR/FALE5,040,0943.14%
4.Port Elizabeth AirportPort Elizabeth, Eastern CapePLZ/FAPE1,364,9763.67%
5.East London AirportEast London, Eastern CapeELS/FAEL681,52912.42%
6.George AirportGeorge, Western CapeGRJ/FAGG575,7995.61%
7.Bloemfontein AirportBloemfontein, Free StateBFN/FABL441,9545.82%
8.Kimberley AirportKimberley, Northern CapeKIM/FAKM140,2985.62%
9.Upington AirportUpington, Northern CapeUTN/FAUP52,2247.68%

2010–11

RankAirportLocationCode
Total
passengers		Rank
Change		%
Change
1.OR Tambo International AirportJohannesburg, GautengJNB/FAJS18,664,7286.07%
2.Cape Town International AirportCape Town, Western CapeCPT/FACT8,225,4225.32%
3.King Shaka International AirportDurban, KwaZulu-NatalDUR/FALE4,886,552N/A
4.Port Elizabeth AirportPort Elizabeth, Eastern CapePLZ/FAPE1,416,9224.99%
5.East London AirportEast London, Eastern CapeELS/FAEL778,18414.95%
6.George AirportGeorge, Western CapeGRJ/FAGG545,2061.41%
7.Bloemfontein AirportBloemfontein, Free StateBFN/FABL417,6425.14%
8.Kimberley AirportKimberley, Northern CapeKIM/FAKM132,8300.72%
9.Upington AirportUpington, Northern CapeUTN/FAUP48,49814.8%

2009–10

RankAirportLocationCode
Total
passengers		Rank
Change		%
Change
1.OR Tambo International AirportJohannesburg, GautengJNB/FAJS17,596,2031.6%
2.Cape Town International AirportCape Town, Western CapeCPT/FACT7,810,0690.0%
3.Durban International AirportDurban, KwaZulu-NatalDUR/FADN4,403,3402.6%
4.Port Elizabeth AirportPort Elizabeth, Eastern CapePLZ/FAPE1,349,6734.2%
5.East London AirportEast London, Eastern CapeELS/FAEL676,9823.2%
6.George AirportGeorge, Western CapeGRJ/FAGG537,60010.9%
7.Bloemfontein AirportBloemfontein, Free StateBFN/FABL397,2282.8%
8.Kimberley AirportKimberley, Northern CapeKIM/FAKM131,88512.7%
9.Upington AirportUpington, Northern CapeUTN/FAUP42,22911.6%

2007–08

RankAirportLocationCode
Total
passengers		Rank
Change		%
Change
1.OR Tambo International AirportJohannesburg, GautengJNB/FAJS19,457,7989.3%
2.Cape Town International AirportCape Town, Western CapeCPT/FACT8,426,61812.1%
3.Durban International AirportDurban, KwaZulu-NatalDUR/FADN4,792,55312.6%
4.Port Elizabeth AirportPort Elizabeth, Eastern CapePLZ/FAPE1,512,9245.1%
5.East London AirportEast London, Eastern CapeELS/FAEL741,2906.4%
6.George AirportGeorge, Western CapeGRJ/FAGG666,78111.5%
7.Bloemfontein AirportBloemfontein, Free StateBFN/FABL412,87316.7%
8.Kimberley AirportKimberley, Northern CapeKIM/FAKM150,59013.8%
9.Upington AirportUpington, Northern CapeUTN/FAUP48,76520.0%

2006–07

RankAirportLocationCode
Total
passengers		Rank
Change		%
Change
1.OR Tambo International AirportJohannesburg, GautengJNB/FAJS17,794,10010.7%
2.Cape Town International AirportCape Town, Western CapeCPT/FACT7,518,54310.0%
3.Durban International AirportDurban, KwaZulu-NatalDUR/FADN4,257,71415.1%
4.Port Elizabeth AirportPort Elizabeth, Eastern CapePLZ/FAPE1,438,84510.4%
5.East London AirportEast London, Eastern CapeELS/FAEL696,51517.9%
6.George AirportGeorge, Western CapeGRJ/FAGG597,9102.3%
7.Bloemfontein AirportBloemfontein, Free StateBFN/FABL353,72338.8%
8.Kimberley AirportKimberley, Northern CapeKIM/FAKM132,35814.6%
9.Upington AirportUpington, Northern CapeUTN/FAUP40,63122.4%

2005–06

RankAirportLocationCode
Total
passengers		Rank
Change		%
Change
1.OR Tambo International AirportJohannesburg, GautengJNB/FAJS16,078,44010.5%
2.Cape Town International AirportCape Town, Western CapeCPT/FACT6,834,17310.0%
3.Durban International AirportDurban, KwaZulu-NatalDUR/FADN3,698,04415.2%
4.Port Elizabeth AirportPort Elizabeth, Eastern CapePLZ/FAPE1,303,74718.7%
5.East London AirportEast London, Eastern CapeELS/FAEL590,606131.3%
6.George AirportGeorge, Western CapeGRJ/FAGG584,562123.3%
7.Bloemfontein AirportBloemfontein, Free StateBFN/FABL254,80510.8%
8.Kimberley AirportKimberley, Northern CapeKIM/FAKM115,50618.1%
9.Upington AirportUpington, Northern CapeUTN/FAUP33,1926.6%

2004–05

RankAirportLocationCode
Total
passengers		Rank
Change		%
Change
1.OR Tambo International AirportJohannesburg, GautengJNB/FAJS14,555,364no datano data
2.Cape Town International AirportCape Town, Western CapeCPT/FACT6,214,903no datano data
3.Durban International AirportDurban, KwaZulu-NatalDUR/FADN3,209,263no datano data
4.Port Elizabeth AirportPort Elizabeth, Eastern CapePLZ/FAPE1,098,679no datano data
5.George AirportGeorge, Western CapeGRJ/FAGG474,024no datano data
6.East London AirportEast London, Eastern CapeELS/FAEL449,843no datano data
7.Bloemfontein AirportBloemfontein, Free StateBFN/FABL229,887no datano data
8.Kimberley AirportKimberley, Northern CapeKIM/FAKM97,837no datano data
9.Upington AirportUpington, Northern CapeUTN/FAUP31,123no datano data