Cape Town International Airport

Cape Town International Airport is the second-busiest airport in South Africa after Johannesburg O.R. Tambo and the third-busiest airport in Africa, handling roughly 10.7 million passengers annually. CPT serves the Mother City, Cape Town, and the Western Cape province, and is the primary long-haul leisure gateway for the southernmost tip of Africa — the Cape Winelands, the Garden Route, and the Cape of Good Hope. The airport has consistently ranked among the top five airports in Africa by Skytrax (Africa's best airport multiple years in the 2010s) and is operated by Airports Company South Africa (ACSA). CPT is a focus city for South African Airways, FlySafair, CemAir, Lift, and Airlink, with domestic trunk service to Johannesburg (one of the densest domestic routes in Africa), Durban, and Port Elizabeth, plus regional service to Victoria Falls, Harare, Windhoek, and Windhoek. International long-haul includes KLM, Lufthansa, British Airways, Emirates, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, Turkish, Ethiopian, Virgin Atlantic, United (seasonal Newark), and Delta (seasonal Atlanta). Cape Town's reliance on long-haul tourism — more than 35% of visitors arrive on European and North American flights — makes CPT's route network especially long-haul-heavy by African standards. Two runways, 01/19 at 10,499 ft (3,201 m) and 16/34 at 5,600 ft (1,707 m), serve the airport. The terminal complex combines domestic and international operations with substantial duty-free and food retail areas. CPT sits 20 km (12 mi) east of central Cape Town at an elevation of 151 ft (46 m) with Table Mountain dominating the western horizon on approach. A major upgrade program opened ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup added a combined central terminal, new parking facilities, and a second domestic pier.