OR Tambo International Airport (IATA: JNB, ICAO: FAJS) is a large airport near the city of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. It serves as the primary airport for domestic and international travel to/from South Africa and is Africa's busiest airport, handling over 17 million passengers in 2006^[1]. The airport is the hub of South Africa's largest international and domestic carrier, South African Airways (SAA), and a number of smaller local airlines. An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO (IPA pronunciation: ) airport code or location indicator is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) operates ten of South Africa’s airports // History All South Arica’s airports use to be owned and operated by the state until 1993 when nine airports were reassigned to ACSA. The state was initially the only shareholder, but the first shares where transferred... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... The metre (American English:meter) is a measure of length. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... The metre (American English:meter) is a measure of length. ... Asphalt is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits. ... An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO (IPA pronunciation: ) airport code or location indicator is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Categories: South Africa stubs | Provinces of South Africa | Gauteng Province ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... South African Airways (SAA) is South Africas largest domestic and international airline company, with hubs in Cape Town and Johannesburg. ... An Airbus A380 of Emirates Airline An airline provides air transport services for passengers or freight. ...

It was formerly officially known as Johannesburg International Airport and before that as Jan Smuts International Airport (explaining the airport's ICAO code, FAJS^{[citation needed]}) after the South African statesman of that name. The first renaming was done in 1994 when the newly reformed South African government implemented a national policy of not naming airports after politicians. Jan Smuts Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts, OM, CH, ED, KC, FRS (May 24, 1870 – September 11, 1950) was a prominent South African and Commonwealth statesman, military leader, and philosopher. ... Statesman is a respectful term used to refer to politicians, and other notable figures of state. ...

It was renamed again on 27 October 2006 after Oliver Tambo, the former President of the African National Congress (ANC)^[2]. OR Tambo International Airport (IATA: JNB, ICAO: FAJS) is a large airport near the city of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. ... is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Oliver Reginald Tambo (27 October 1917 - 24 April 1993) was a South African anti-apartheid politician and a central figure in the African National Congress (ANC). ... For political parties with similar names in other countries, see Northern Rhodesian African National Congress and Zambian African National Congress. ...

History

The airport was founded in 1952 as "Jan Smuts Airport", two years after his death, near the town of Kempton Park on the East Rand. It displaced the "Palmietfontein International Airport", which had handled European flights since 1945. In the same year of its inception, it had the honourable distinction of ushering in the jet age, when the first commercial flight of a de Havilland Comet took off from London Heathrow Airport bound for Johannesburg. Kempton Park is a large town on the East Rand in Gauteng, South Africa. ... A map of Gauteng, showing the East Rand. ... World map showing the location of Europe. ... The jet age is a common description of an historical period beginning with the introduction of airliners powered by turbojets and turbofans for scheduled passenger service. ... This article is about the de Havilland Comet jet airliner. ... “LHR” redirects here. ...

A statue of Oliver Tambo at the OR Tambo International Airport.

OR Tambo International Airport was used as a test airport for the Concorde during the 1970s, to determine how the aircraft would perform while taking off and landing at high altitude. During the 1980s many countries stopped trading with South Africa because of the United Nation sanctions imposed against South Africa in the struggle against apartheid, and many airlines had to stop flying to the airport. These sanctions resulted in South African Airways being refused rights to fly over most African countries, and in addition to this the risk of flying over some African countries was emphasised by the shooting down of a passenger aircraft over Rhodesia ^[3], forcing them to fly around the "bulge" of Africa. This required specially-modified aircraft like the Boeing 747-SP. Following the ending of apartheid, the airport's name, and that of other international airports in South Africa, were changed to politically-neutral names and these restrictions were discontinued. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 340 × 599 pixels Full resolution (750 × 1322 pixel, file size: 191 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): OR Tambo International Airport Oliver... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 340 × 599 pixels Full resolution (750 × 1322 pixel, file size: 191 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): OR Tambo International Airport Oliver... Oliver Reginald Tambo (27 October 1917 - 24 April 1993) was a South African anti-apartheid politician and a central figure in the African National Congress (ANC). ... British Airways Concorde G-BOAB. Concorde G-BOAD on a barge beneath Verrazano Narrows Bridge in New York City in November 2003, bound for the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum. ... See also: 1960 in South Africa, other events of 1961, 1962 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history. ... For the legal definition of apartheid, see Crime of apartheid. ... Southern Rhodesia, todays Zimbabwe. ... The Boeing 747, commonly nicknamed the Jumbo Jet, is a long-haul, widebody commercial airliner manufactured by Boeing. ... An International airport is an airport where flights from other countries land and/or take off. ...

The airport overtook Cairo International Airport in 1996 as the busiest airport in Africa, and is the second-busiest airport in the Africa-Middle East region after Dubai International Airport. There are expected to be over 21 million passengers per year by 2010^[4]. The airport is one of the 100 busiest in the world^[5]. Cairo International Airport (IATA: CAI, ICAO: HECA) (Arabic: مطار القاهرة الدولي) is the major civilian airport in Cairo, Egypt. ... Dubai International Airport (IATA: DXB, ICAO: OMDB) (Arabic: مطار دبي الدولي) is the international airport serving Dubai, the largest city of the United Arab Emirates. ...

On 26 November 2006, the airport became the first in Africa to host the Airbus A380. The aircraft landed in Johannesburg on its way to Sydney via the South Pole on a test flight. is the 330th day of the year (331st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, four-engined airliner manufactured by EADS (Airbus S.A.S.). It is the largest passenger airliner in the world. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4. ... For other uses, see South Pole (disambiguation). ...

Airport information

OR Tambo International Airport is regarded as a "hot and high" airport. Situated almost 1700 metres (5,500 feet) above mean sea level, the air is thin. This has implications for the performance of aircraft at altitude. For example, a flight from Johannesburg to Washington, D.C., currently operated with an Airbus A340-600, must stop in Dakar International Airport for refuelling, since the aircraft is not able to make the run on one fuel fill. This is because of decreased performance on take-off from the airport, where an aircraft cannot take off fully laden with fuel, cargo, and passengers, and must use a longer stretch of runway to reach take-off velocity. By contrast, the return leg of the flight from Washington to Johannesburg is a non-stop 14-hour flight, with better performance of the aircraft at Washington Dulles International Airport in Washington where the city is at sea level. The Washington-Johannesburg flight is the second-longest commercial flight in the world in 2006. As SAA sees a market in West Africa, some flights to/from the United States now go via Dakar, Senegal, even in the US-to-South Africa direction. In aviation, hot and high is the ability of an airplane to operate safely from airports in very warm climates or very high elevations. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... Look up aircraft in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Nickname: Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: , Country United States Federal District District of Columbia Government  - Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D)  - D.C. Council Chairperson: Vincent C. Gray (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D) Ward 2... The Airbus A340 is a long-range four-engined widebody commercial passenger airliner manufactured by Airbus S.A.S. a subsidiary of EADS. It is similar in design to the twin-engined A330. ... Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (IATA: DKR, ICAO: GOOY) is an international air facility in Dakar, Senegal. ... FAA Airport Diagram Washington Dulles International Airport (IATA: IAD, ICAO: KIAD, FAA LID: IAD) is a public airport located 25 miles (32 km) west of the central business district of Washington, D.C., in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. ... South African Airways (SAA) is South Africas largest domestic and international airline company, with hubs in Cape Town and Johannesburg. ...  Western Africa (UN subregion)  Maghreb[1] West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. ... (City of Dakar, divided into 19 communes darrondissement) City proper (commune) Région Dakar Département Dakar Mayor Pape Diop (PDS) (since 2002) Area 82. ...

There are two parallel runways, which run north-south, and a disused cross runway. The western runway, 03L/21R, is over 4400 m (14,000 ft) in length, making it one of the world's longest international airport runways. This is due to the aforementioned rarefied atmosphere problem - fully laden aircraft require a far greater length of runway to achieve take-off velocity at this altitude than they would normally.

During busy periods, outbound flights use the western runway for take-off, while inbound flights use the eastern runway for landing. Wind factors may cause numerous variations, but on most days flights will take off to the north and land from the south.

There are six terminals at the airport, but these can be broken down into three major areas: the international terminal; the domestic terminal; and the transit terminal. The transit terminal housed disused parts of the old domestic terminals. It has been mostly demolished in order to build a new Central Terminal, which will provide an indoor link between domestic and international terminals, as well as a central passenger check-in area and more gates. An airport terminal is a building at an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes. ...

OR Tambo International Airport also serves as grounds for the South African Airways Museum, a room filled with South African Airways memorabilia and which started as an idea by two fans of the airline until they could set it up in one of Jan Smuts International's buildings in 1987. Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ...

Delta Air Lines commenced service from Atlanta, Georgia to Johannesburg (via Dakar) effective December 4, 2006, making Delta the only major US carrier to serve Africa. South African Airways already operates two daily flights to the US, one each to Washington Dulles and New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. Delta Air Lines, Inc. ... Nickname: Location in Fulton and DeKalb counties in the state of Georgia Coordinates: , Country United States State Georgia Counties Fulton, DeKalb Government  - Mayor Shirley Franklin (D) Area  - City  132. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... is the 338th day of the year (339th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... John F. Kennedy International Airport (IATA: JFK, ICAO: KJFK), originally known as Idlewild Airport and colloquially known as JFK, is an international airport located in Jamaica, Queens, in southeastern New York City about 12 miles (19 km) from Lower Manhattan. ...

Developments

Inside the OR Tambo International Airport.

Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) reports that major new development is taking place at the airport, in preparation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The development includes the expansion of the international terminal, with the new international pier which will be able to house the new Airbus A380 while also increasing capacity at the same time. A new Central Terminal building is under construction. An additional multi-storey parkade is being built at a cost of R470 million opposite the Central Terminal Building, plus Terminal A is also being upgarded and the associated roadways realligned to accommodate more International Departures space. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 531 pixels Full resolution (1760 × 1168 pixel, file size: 384 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): OR Tambo International Airport Metadata... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 531 pixels Full resolution (1760 × 1168 pixel, file size: 384 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): OR Tambo International Airport Metadata... Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) operates ten of South Africa’s airports // History All South Arica’s airports use to be owned and operated by the state until 1993 when nine airports were reassigned to ACSA. The state was initially the only shareholder, but the first shares where transferred... The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be the 19th FIFA World Cup, an international tournament for football, that is scheduled to take place between 11 June and 11 July 2010 in South Africa. ... The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, four-engined airliner manufactured by EADS (Airbus S.A.S.). It is the largest passenger airliner in the world. ... Underground parking garage at the University of Minnesota. ...

The Central Terminal Building (cost: R2 billion) will boost capacity at the landside of the terminal in 3 levels, also allowing direct access from international and domestic terminals. Additional luggage carousels will be added to accommodate the Airbus A380. Arrivals will be accommodated on level 1, with departures expanded on level 3, level 2 will accommodate further retail and commercial activities. The Gautrain Rapid Rail Link station will be housed above the terminal. ISO 4217 Code ZAR User(s) Common Monetary Area: Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland Inflation 5. ... The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, four-engined airliner manufactured by EADS (Airbus S.A.S.). It is the largest passenger airliner in the world. ... An artists impression of the trains to be built for the Gautrain system (Bombardier press image). ... A rapid transit, underground, subway, tube, elevated, or metro(politan) system is a railway—usually in an urban area—with a high capacity and frequency of service, and grade separation from other traffic. ...

The new International Pier development (cost: R535 million) will increase international arrivals and departures capacity in a double storey structure with nine additional airside contact stands, four of which are Airbus A380 compatible. Air bridges are already in place and the existing duty-free mall will be extended into this area. Additional lounges and passenger holding areas will be constructed on the upper level. Airbus S.A.S. is the aircraft manufacturing subsidiary of EADS N.V., a pan-European aerospace concern. ... Jetway is the registered trademark of FMC Technologies, Inc. ... A typical duty-free store, at Zurich International Airport Duty free stores at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel Duty free stores at Oslo Airport in Oslo, Norway Duty-free shops (or stores) are retail outlets that do not apply local or national taxes and duties. ...

The new international pier and the upgraded central terminal are both expected to be ready by 2009. A second terminal between the two runways has also been mooted, which is proposed for completion by 2012. It will contain its own domestic and international check-in facilities, contact stands, shops and lounges and is projected to cost R8 billion to complete. Growth at the airport is expected to reach 24 million passengers per annum by 2015.

The airport is likely to see the arrival of the new Airbus A380 in its first years of service, as Airbus has already listed the airport as one of the few destinations worldwide capable of handling the aircraft, and also because many international airlines operate long-haul routes to Johannesburg. For example, there are at least seven daily flights from London, most making use of Boeing 747-400s. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

Airlines and destinations

• 1Time (Cape Town, Durban, East London, Port Elizabeth)
• Air Austral (Réunion)
• Air Botswana (Gaborone, Maun)
• Air Comores International (Moroni)
• Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
• Air Madagascar (Antananarivo)
• Air Malawi (Blantyre, Lilongwe)
• Air Mauritius (Port Louis)
• Air Namibia (Windhoek)
• Air Seychelles (Victoria - Mahe Island)
• Air Tanzania (Dar es Salaam)
• Air Zimbabwe (Harare)
• Angola Air Charter (Luanda)
• Bellview Airlines (Lagos, Freetown, Douala)
• British Airways (London-Heathrow)
  • operated by Comair (Cape Town, Durban, Harare, Livingstone, Port Elizabeth, Victoria Falls, Windhoek)
• Cameroon Airlines (Douala)
• Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong)
• China Eastern Airlines (Malè, Shanghai-Pudong)
• Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Dakar)
• EgyptAir (Cairo)
• El Al (Tel Aviv)
• Emirates (Dubai)
• Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa)
• Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi)
• Ghana International Airlines (Accra)
• Hewa Bora Airways (Kinshasa, Lubumbashi)
• Iberia (Madrid)
• Interair South Africa (Antananarivo, Bamako, Brazzaville, N'Djamena, Ndola, Reunion, Libreville, Cotonou)
• Kenya Airways (Nairobi)
• KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam)
• Kulula.com (Cape Town, Durban, George, Harare, Mauritius, Ndola, Port Elizabeth, Windhoek)
• Korean Air (Seoul-Incheon) [Planned to launch in 2007]
• Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique (Maputo)
• Lufthansa (Frankfurt)
• Malaysia Airlines (Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Kuala Lumpur)
• Nationwide Airlines (Cape Town, Durban, George, Livingstone, London-Gatwick, Port Elizabeth)
• Olympic Airlines (Athens)
• Rwandair Express (Kigali)
• Qantas (Sydney)
• Qatar Airways (Doha)
• Saudi Arabian Airlines (Jeddah, Nairobi)
• Sefofane (Mpumalanga)
• Singapore Airlines (Singapore)
• South African Airways (Abidjan, Accra, Beira, Blantyre, Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Dakar, Dar es Salaam, Durban, East London, Entebbe, Frankfurt, Gaborone, Harare, Hong Kong, Kigali, Kilimanjaro, Lagos, Lilongwe, Livingstone, London-Heathrow, Luanda, Lusaka, Mafikang, Maputo, Maseru, Mauritius, Mumbai, Munich, Nairobi, New York-JFK, Paris-Charles de Gaulle [ends October 27, 2007], Perth, Pietermaritzburg, Port Elizabeth, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Victoria Falls, Washington-Dulles, Windhoek, Zanzibar)
  • Mango (Cape Town, Durban)
  • Airlink (George, Manzini, Ndola, Nelspruit, Pietermaritzburg, Umtata)
  • South African Express (Bloemfontein, Gaborone, George, Kimberley, Polokwane, Richards Bay, Walvis Bay)
• Swazi Express Airways (Manzini)
• Swiss International Air Lines (Zürich)
• TAAG Angola Airlines (Luanda)
• TAP Portugal (Lisbon)
• Thai Airways International (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi)
• Turkish Airlines (Istanbul-Ataturk) (starts Sep 15, 2007)
• Virgin Atlantic Airways (London-Heathrow)
• Virgin Nigeria Airways (Lagos)
• Yemenia (Dar Es Salaam, Sana'a)
• Zambian Airways (Lusaka)

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Malaysia Airlines (Abbreviated: MAS,马航 ; Malay: Penerbangan Malaysia; Chinese: 马来西亚航空公司; Hanyu Pinyin: MálaixÄ«ya Hángkōng GōngsÄ«)is the national airline of Malaysia, operating scheduled services to over 100 destinations worldwide. ... Nationwide Airlines is an airline based in Lanseria, South Africa. ... Olympic Airlines (Ολυμπιακές Αερογραμμές - OA) is the state-run flag carrier of Greece, employing about 1850 people. ... Rwandair Express is an airline based in Kigali, Rwanda. ... Qantas Airways Limited (pronounced ) is the name and callsign of the national airline of Australia. ... Qatar Airways (Arabic: القطرية) is an airline based in Doha, Qatar. ... Saudi Arabian Airlines (Arabic: الخطوط الجوية العربية السعودية) is the national airline of Saudi Arabia, based in Jeddah. ... Singapore Airlines Limited (Abbreviation: SIA; Chinese: ; Pinyin: , abbreviated 新航; Malay: ; Tamil: ) (SGX: S55) is the national airline of Singapore. ... 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Cargo

• African International Airways
• Atlas Air
• Cargolux
• DAS Air Cargo
• Emirates SkyCargo
• Fast Air
• Lufthansa Cargo
• Martinair Cargo
• MK Airlines
• Safair
• Singapore Airlines Cargo
• Tramon Air
• WDA

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Renaming

In late 2005, a name change was proposed for the airport to "O.R. Tambo International", after former ANC President and anti-apartheid activist Oliver Tambo, an apparent change to the precedent of neutrally-named airports. The name change was formally announced in the Government Gazette of South Africa on 30 June 2006, allowing a 30-day window for the public to register objections. The name change was implemented on 27 October 2006 with the unveiling of new signs at the airport. For political parties with similar names in other countries, see Northern Rhodesian African National Congress and Zambian African National Congress. ... For the legal definition of apartheid, see Crime of apartheid. ... The Government Gazette (Afrikaans: Staatskoerant) is the Gazette of record of South Africa. ... is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Critics noted the considerable expense involved in renaming the airport, and the decision to use a politician as the name would be obscure, confusing and in some instances, offensive. Corne Mulder of the Freedom Front Plus has stamped the renaming "nothing less than political opportunism and attempts by the ANC government to dodge the true socio-economic issues of the country"^[6]. The Freedom Front Plus (Afrikaans: Vryheidsfront Plus) is a South African political party that aims to protect Afrikaner interests. ...

O.R. Tambo is also a regional municipality in the Eastern Cape, seated in Mthatha. It has an International Airport which is known as the K.D. Matanzima Airport or (Mthatha Airport), named after Kaiser Matanzima. A map of South Africa showing OR Tambo (within Eastern Cape province) OR Tambo is one of the 7 districts of Eastern Cape province of South Africa. ... Capital Bhisho Largest city Port Elizabeth Premier Nosimo Balindlela Area - Total Ranked 2nd 169,580 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 3rd 6,436,761 38/km² Languages Xhosa (83%) Afrikaans (9. ... Mthatha (formerly Umtata) is the main town of the King Sabata Dalindyebo Municipality in Eastern Cape province of South Africa. ... K.D. Matanzima Airport is an airport in Umtata, South Africa (IATA: UTT, ICAO: FAUT). ... Kaiser Daliwonga Matanzima (June 15, 1915 - June 15, 2003) was a former leader of the then-bantustan of Transkei in South Africa; He led Transkei to self-government in 1964 and to an internationally unrecognised indepedence in October, 1976. ...

Rail transit

A new transit terminal between the domestic and international terminals is currently being built, which will also house the Gautrain station linking the airport to Sandton, one of the metropolitan area's main business districts and a primary tourist area. An artists impression of the trains to be built for the Gautrain system (Bombardier press image). ... Sandton is a town in the northern part of the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area, South Africa in the Gauteng Province. ... The Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area is the official name of the area surrounding the city of Johannesburg, in South Africa. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

In September of 2006 Gauteng Province contracted Bombardier Transportation for a rail link connecting Johannesburg, Pretoria, and the airport, with construction to begin immediately.^[7] Categories: South Africa stubs | Provinces of South Africa | Gauteng Province ... Bombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Bombardier group. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Motto: Praestantia Praevaleat Pretoria (May Pretoria Be Pre-eminent In Excellence) Country South Africa Province Gauteng Established 1855 Area  - City 1,644 km²  (634. ...

Aviation

• Non-directional beacon - JN420.0, JA445.0, JB202.0
• VHF omnidirectional range - JSV115.2
• Automatic Terminal Information Service - 126.20

A non-directional beacon (NDB) is a radio broadcast station in a known location, used as an aviation or marine navigational aid. ... D-VOR (Doppler VOR) ground station, co-located with DME. VOR, short for VHF Omni-directional Radio Range, is a type of radio navigation system for aircraft. ... Automatic Terminal Information Service, or ATIS, is a continuous broadcast of recorded noncontrol information in busier terminal (i. ...

References

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External links

• OR Tambo International Airport Homepage