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 (verify); 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 (verify); PPR
- 24-hour operations
- No
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- Yes
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- Yes
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- 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.
Which jets can use this runway?
Based on published takeoff distances at maximum weight versus a 5,617 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Gulfstream Aerospace G500 5,300 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace G400 5,000 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 900EX EASy 5,215 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000LXS 4,675 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Praetor 600 4,717 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000S 4,325 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 900LX needs 5,360 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace GIV-SP needs 5,450 ft
- Bombardier Learjet 60XR needs 5,450 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