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 Johannesburg
Airport Information
OR Tambo International Airport (IATA: JNB, ICAO: FAJS) (ORTIA)
is a large airport in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South
Africa, near the city of Johannesburg. It serves as the primary
airport for domestic and international travel to/from South
Africa and is Africa's busiest airport with a capacity handle
up to 28,000,000 passengers annually. 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.
It was formerly officially known as Johannesburg International
Airport and before that as Jan Smuts International Airport
(hence the airport's ICAO code, FAJS) after one of South Africa's
internationally renowned 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. The policy was however reversed later,
and the airport renamed again on 27 October 2006 after Oliver
Tambo, the former President of the African National Congress
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