South Africa — airports, flight reference and private jet charter

Airports serving South Africa with IATA and ICAO codes, local time and a converter, currency, plug standards and official travel advice — plus private jet charter options from MEGA Aviation.

Airports and cities in South Africa

Republic of South Africa records 621 airports in the dataset behind this guide, 89 of them carrying an IATA code, spread across 486 cities. The list below covers the cities we hold airport codes for; the right airport for a private flight depends on runway length, customs availability, handling and how close it actually is to where you are going.

Time, currency and contact details

South Africa operates on Africa/Johannesburg. The currency is the South African rand (ZAR, R), the dialling code is +27, and languages in official use include Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Southern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu. The capital is Pretoria, and it is in the Africa (Southern Africa).

Private aviation into South Africa

MEGA arranges each flight through registered third-party operators. The operations desk reviews the requested routing, passenger and baggage load, airport access, permit lead times, crew duty limits and any special handling before an aircraft is proposed, so what you are quoted is what can realistically be flown.

Every figure on this page is a planning indication drawn from published airport and geographic data, not a schedule or a price. Airborne time moves with the aircraft type, winds, air traffic routing and the exact airport pairing; ground time moves with slots, customs and handling at each end.

Requests are handled by one desk around the clock, so the same team that quotes the flight also runs it. Send the route, dates, passenger count and any medical, cargo or ground-transport requirements and you will receive written options rather than a rate card.

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