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Airport

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An airport or airfield is a place where aeroplanes take off and land on runways . Often there are hangers where the planes are housed and serviced. There is usually accommodation for passengers.



Airport buildings on this website

Aircraft hanger / Bluebird Garage: c.1920s. Muizenberg, Western Cape
Airport: n.d.. Welkom, Free State
Bram Fischer International Airport: 1964. Bloemfontein, Free State
Bulembu Airport: 1985. Qonce (King William's Town), Eastern Cape
Cape Town International Airport: 1954 : 1969. Cape Town, Western Cape
Central Terminal Building at OR Tambo: 2009. Johannesburg, Gauteng
Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport: 1950-1955 : 1978-1980 : 2000. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape
Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport: c1974. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape
Germiston Central Air Station - Rand Airport: 1935. Germiston, Gauteng
Jan Smuts (now OR Tambo) Airport - New Airside Corridor: 1993. Edenvale, Gauteng
Jan Smuts (now OR Tambo) International and Domestic Terminals: 1993. Edenvale, Gauteng
Jan Smuts Airport: pre 1954. Johannesburg, Gauteng
King Shaka International Airport: 2010. La Mercy, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport: n.d.. Mbombela (Nelspruit), Mpumalanga
Oliver Tambo International Airport: 1960s. Johannesburg, Gauteng
Port Elizabeth Airport: c1974. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape
Swakopmund Airport: n.d.. Swakopmund, Namibia
Wonderboom Airport: n.d.. Wonderboom, Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng