AFRICA’S TOP TEN AIRPORTS
The number of airports in Africa is growing as the continent awakens to engage in international travel. Air transport has dramatically increased on the continent over the past ten years and this has led to upgrade and improvements of existing international airports as well as the construction of new ones. Here is a list of Africa’s top 10 international airports.
O.R. Tambo International Airport
This is a major international 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 to handle up to 28 million passengers annually. It serves all continents except Antarctica (the only other airports on earth doing likewise are ATL, DOH, AUH, LHR, SYD, DXB and Paris Charles de Gaulle CDG). The airport is the hub of South Africa’s largest international and domestic carrier, South African Airways (SAA),
