O. R. Tambo International Airport FAOR / JNB
Africa's busiest airport, 30 minutes from Sandton, with the Fireblade Aviation private terminal (among the finest FBOs on the continent) and 24-hour CIQ. Long runways handle widebody VIP; slots are coordinated. Lanseria is the alternative for the northern suburbs.
14,495 ft
Longest runway
30 min
Drive to Johannesburg
2
FBOs / handlers
5,558 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- H24
- 24-hour operations
- Yes
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- No
- Slot coordination
- Yes
- Noise curfew
- No
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A-1
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 25 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Any size including widebody VIP.
- Website
- www.airports.co.za
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Fireblade Aviation
- Menzies General Aviation Johannesburg
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 14,495 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 787-8 9,800 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-8 (MAX 8) 7,500 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-7 (MAX 7) 5,900 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ319neo 6,300 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ320neo 6,800 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ TwoTwenty 6,200 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Everything in our database can operate here.
Other airports for Johannesburg
- Lanseria International Airport FALA 10,000 ft · 40 min
- Rand Airport FAGM 5,617 ft · 30 min