Rand Airport FAGM / QRA
Johannesburg's historic GA airport in Germiston, 30 minutes from Sandton, hosting charter, maintenance and heritage aviation. Customs by prior arrangement (Confirm with the airport); the short runway at high elevation limits it to light aircraft.
5,617 ft
Longest runway
30 min
Drive to Johannesburg
2
FBOs / handlers
5,483 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- 06:00–20:00 (Confirm with the airport); PPR
- 24-hour operations
- No
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- Yes
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- Yes
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel type
- Jet A-1, Avgas 100LL
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 20 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Turboprops and light jets; 5,483 ft elevation restricts performance.
- Website
- www.randairport.co.za
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Rand Airport FBO
- Interflight
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Compare published takeoff distances
Initial comparison of published takeoff distances and runway length (5,617 ft). Confirm aircraft suitability and current restrictions with the operator.
Within the screening threshold
- Gulfstream Aerospace G500 5,300 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 6X 5,115 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace G350 5,050 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace G400 5,000 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 900EX EASy 5,215 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 900EX 5,215 ft
Above the screening threshold
- Bombardier Global 5500 needs 5,340 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 900LX needs 5,360 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000 needs 5,440 ft
Other airports for Johannesburg
- Lanseria International Airport FALA 10,000 ft · 40 min
- O. R. Tambo International Airport FAOR 14,495 ft · 30 min
What it costs to fly here privately
Sources and credits
- Rand Airport · Gaius le Roux · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons