AviatDataCape Town International Airport CPT / FACT
Cape Town · South Africa · Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) — majority state-owned (~94.6% total state ownership: National Treasury ~74.6% + Public Investment Corporation (PIC) ~20%, both state entities; the Department of Transport is ACSA's executive/oversight authority; ACSA employee/BEE trusts hold the balance ~5.4%); ACSA also operates OR Tambo (JNB) and King Shaka (DUR)
11.1Mpax · 2025
H24International · customs & immigrationJet A-1
ICAO / IATAFACT / CPT
OperatorAirports Company South Africa (ACSA) — majority state-owned (~94.6% total state ownership: National Treasury ~74.6% + Public Investment Corporation (PIC) ~20%, both state entities; the Department of Transport is ACSA's executive/oversight authority; ACSA employee/BEE trusts hold the balance ~5.4%); ACSA also operates OR Tambo (JNB) and King Shaka (DUR)
Coordinates33.9694°S, 18.5972°E
Elevation151 ft · 46 m
Time zoneSAST (UTC+2, no DST)
Passengers / yr11,113,490 (2025)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceFACT — AIP South Africa (ATNS eAIP), AD 2.FACT
Airport mapOne central terminal, international north and domestic south · reference only
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Operating hoursH24, no curfew — noise-abatement preferential runway/track procedures apply but no fixed night flying restriction
TerminalsCentral Terminal Building linking an International Terminal (north side) and a Domestic Terminal (south side), joined by a shared check-in/security concourse (120 check-in desks, 20 self-service kiosks, 10 air bridges — 5 domestic/5 international); no airside inter-terminal shuttle.
Runways (2)
- 01/19 · 3,201 m / 10,502 ft · 61 m wide · Asphalt · ILS CAT IIIB (RWY 01) / CAT II (RWY 19)
- 16/34 · 1,701 m / 5,581 ft · 46 m wide · Asphalt
South Africa's second-busiest airport and the primary gateway to the Western Cape; set an all-time traffic record in CY2025 (11.1M two-way pax: 7.8M domestic, 3.3M international, both +7% y/y). Domestic base for FlySafair and Airlink, and a South African Airways focus city; a repeat winner of Skytrax's Africa's Best Airport award in recent years (confirmed win in 2019; a specific 2025 title could not be independently verified). RWY 01/19 carries CAT IIIB/CAT II ILS — CPT was the first African airport certified to CAT IIIB, addressing the fog conditions common on the Cape Flats approach; RWY 16/34 is the shorter crosswind strip with no ILS (HIRL + PAPI, RNAV/GNSS approaches only).
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 3 providers
Menzies Aviation
Holds a five-year ACSA ground-handling licence covering nine South African airports (awarded Oct 2022), including Cape Town International; provides passenger and ramp handling under a FlySafair contract expanded from 1 to 7 SA airports (incl. CPT) in Nov 2022. CORRECTION: the "40,000+ turnarounds/year" figure reported for this FlySafair contract is nationwide, across all 7 airports combined — not specific to CPT and OR Tambo as the prior draft stated.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Swissport South Africa
Full airport ground services at CPT since 1998 — ticketing/check-in, arrivals and transfer, baggage, gate and departure, ramp handling — per Swissport's own network listing and corroborating industry reporting (Business Day, Logistics Update Africa).
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
NAS Colossal Aviation Services
Formerly BidAir Services (acquisition by National Aviation Services/NAS and Colossal Africa announced/signed 26 Apr 2021, deal closed 30 Jun 2021). Per Centre for Aviation's supplier profile, provides passenger handling, ramp handling, load control and flight-operations services at Cape Town International Airport, one of the three main gateways covered (with OR Tambo and King Shaka).
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft fuel
Available · 3 providers
TotalEnergies Marketing South Africa
Supplies Jet A-1 into-plane fuel at Cape Town International Airport. Confirmed directly on TotalEnergies South Africa's own aviation page: "TotalEnergies currently fuels on average one out of every four planes leaving OR Tambo International Airport and one out of every three planes departing from Cape Town International Airport."
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Astron Energy
Primary Jet A-1 refinery supplier at Cape Town International Airport. ACSA stated on 28 Aug 2026 (amid the Natref refinery outage) that 70-75% of CPT's jet fuel is sourced from the Astron (Milnerton) refinery, the balance from marine imports via Burgan Cape Terminal. Also supplies general aviation, flying schools and defence-force customers per its own aviation page.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Burgan Cape Terminal
UPGRADED from "unconfirmed": the storage/distribution terminal handling marine-import Jet A-1 for CPT, supplying the ~25-30% of the airport's fuel not covered by the Astron refinery (per ACSA, 28 Aug 2026). Was itself the airport's critical jet-fuel facility during a Nov-Dec 2025 CPT fuel-supply disruption triggered by a SARS compliance hold, reported by BARSA and multiple travel/aviation outlets (Travelnews, ATTA, The South African).
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De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Available
SAA Technical
Holds its own FAA Part 145 repair-station certification for Cape Town International Airport, distinct from its Kempton Park/OR Tambo certification. SAA Technical's own site states it provides line maintenance to 30+ airline customers at domestic and regional-African stations; main technical/heavy-maintenance base remains Johannesburg.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Part-145 base maintenance
Available · 2 providers
ExecuJet Aviation
ExecuJet's Cape Town MRO facility performs heavy maintenance on Bombardier Dash 8 Q100/Q300/Q400 and CRJ100/200 — minor inspections through C and D checks, structural repairs, modifications, interior refurbishment and avionics installs — per ExecuJet's own press material. CORRECTION: hangar size is reported elsewhere as approx. 6,000 sqm; the prior draft's "5,000 sqm hangar / 7,000 sqm ramp" figures and "African HQ" framing were not corroborated by any source found and have been removed.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Absolute Aviation Cape Town
UPGRADED from "unconfirmed": Absolute Aviation's own site (absoluteaviation.co.za, not access-blocked when re-checked) confirms a facility at Cape Town International Airport — from its 2016 acquisition of Proflight, at Cnr Aviation & Convair Road, General Aviation Area — offering hangarage and maintenance, plus parts distribution for Beechcraft/Cessna/Hawker and other GA brands.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Available · 4 providers
Air Chefs
In-flight catering hub at Fox Trot 3, Thunder City, Cape Town International Airport, confirmed on Air Chefs' own site; supplies standard, specialised-dietary and Halaal-certified meals. A wholly owned South African Airways subsidiary with units in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Par-Avion
Executive/private-jet catering with a commercial kitchen based at Cape Town International Airport (also OR Tambo and Lanseria), per its own site and its Cape Town-specific Facebook location page.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Wings Airline Catering
Airline caterer with an operational base at Cape Town International Airport (and Lanseria International Airport), confirmed directly on its own site.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Food Directions
Boutique caterer (est. 2011) with a Cape Town location at 80 Montreal Drive, Airport City — the CPT cargo/industrial precinct — confirmed on its own site; supplies commercial flights, charters, private events and airport lounges.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft cleaning
Available · 2 providers
NAS Colossal Aviation Services
Centre for Aviation's NAS Colossal Aviation Services supplier profile lists aircraft cleaning alongside passenger/ramp handling and load control as part of its scope, which spans Cape Town International Airport.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
SAA Technical
DOWNGRADED from "available": SAA Technical's published deep-cleaning process (exterior/interior clean tied to paint-strip and D-check inspection) and its cleaner-role job postings found were specific to its Kempton Park/OR Tambo base; no independent evidence located that this cleaning service is specifically offered at the Cape Town line station.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Available · 2 providers
Menzies Aviation
Handles SAA Cargo's terminal operations at Cape Town International Airport under a partnership effective 1 December 2022 (also covering OR Tambo and Durban); independently listed as a registered CPT cargo agent ("Menzies Aviation (South Africa) (Cargo) (Pty)") in SARS's airport facilities code list.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Swissport South Africa
Swissport Cargo Services South Africa is a cargo handling agent at CPT operating a modern air cargo warehouse with general/special cargo, a Swissport Pharma Center for perishables/cold chain, and express/e-commerce/forwarder handling; independently listed as a registered CPT cargo facility in SARS's airport facilities code list.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aviation security
Unconfirmed
Airports Company South Africa (ACSA)
ACSA terminated its outsourced security contracts and insourced screening/guarding at its airports, incl. CPT, from 1 July 2025. A new 60-month outsourced security-services tender covering CPT, OR Tambo and King Shaka (COR8046/2025, bids closed early 2026) was in progress; re-checked against ACSA's published tender-award records and no award for this tender was found yet, so whether CPT security is currently in-house or has reverted to a contractor remains unconfirmed.
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Passenger & crew transport
Available · 2 providers
Avis Rent a Car
One of nine car-rental agencies operating from the Transport Plaza / terminal at Cape Town International Airport, per ACSA's own site; used for passenger and crew ground transport.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Europcar
Car-rental counter within the terminal building at Cape Town International Airport, alongside Avis, Hertz, Budget, Thrifty, Tempest, Bidvest, First Car Rental and Woodford, per ACSA's own site and Europcar's own CPT location page.
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Flight support
Available · 3 providers
ExecuJet Aviation
Full-service FBO: presidential/VIP/diplomatic/corporate flight coordination, customs and immigration assistance, landing/overflight permits, crew transport arrangement, flight planning, Avgas and Jet A-1 refuelling, and GA ground handling; VIP lounges, showers, crew rest and briefing rooms on site, per ExecuJet's own Cape Town FBO page. CORRECTION: contact email confirmed on ExecuJet's own contacts page as •••). · Weekdays 06:00-18:00, 24h available on request
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Signature Aviation (Signature CPT)
Operates an FBO at Cape Town International Airport offering private and general-aviation ground handling, including jet aircraft fuelling, per Signature's own CPT location page.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Absolute Aviation Cape Town
UPGRADED from "unconfirmed": the same Cape Town facility offers aircraft management and flight services through Absolute Flight Services, confirmed directly on Absolute Aviation's own site.
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Hotel & travel
Available · 2 providers
Hotel Verde Cape Town Airport
4-star carbon-neutral hotel roughly 400m from Cape Town International Airport with a complimentary airport shuttle, confirmed on the hotel's own site; billed as Africa's greenest hotel, suited to crew layovers.
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Road Lodge Cape Town International Airport
90-room budget hotel within the Cape Town International Airport precinct with a free airport shuttle, per City Lodge Hotels' own site and Cape Town Tourism's listing.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source