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Johannesburg: O R Tambo International Airport

O R Tambo International Airport (also known currently by its abbreviation of ORTIA, until 2006 as Johannesburg International Airport, and before that as Jan Smuts International Airport) is Johannesburg’s main airport and the principal gateway airport to the rest of the world for the Witwatersrand area, Gauteng Province and South Africa. It has one of the longest runways of any commercial airport, a consequence of it being “hot and high”: high altitude and high average temperatures make for thinner air and thus less lift.

Location

ORTIA is in the suburb of Kempton Park in north-eastern Johannesburg, approximately 22 km (13 miles) out from the city centre.

Maps of the immediate neighbourhood of the airport, as well as several parking maps including one for disabled parking, are available for download on the airport’s directional and parking maps page.

Contact details

Telephone, fax and email contact details, as well as a link to an online feedback form, are available on O R Tambo International Airport’s contacts page.

Official website: http://www.airports.co.za/home.asp?pid=228
Please note that Jo’burg International Airport’s website is integrated into the overall Airports Company South Africa website, which can make the navigation confusing or difficult at times – make sure that the information on the page you’re reading applies to O R Tambo International Airport.

Facilities for disabled travellers

O R Tambo International Airport appears to be well equipped to assist customers with disabilities, with reserved parking spaces, lifts, ramps and toilet facilities.

Passengers requiring assistance boarding or disembarking should contact their airline at the time of booking.

More information is available on the airport’s disabled facilities page.

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