South Africa Flight Route Map | Airlines, Routes and Airports for Travelers

South Africa has 18 airports with regular flights. Explore the flight route map to check routes, airlines, and airports for your travel planning.

If you tap/click on the airport's location on the map or choose the link with the airport name or airline name, you can view the route map for the selected airport. The size of the circles on the map represents the number of departing flights from each airport.

Last updated: January 26, 2025

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Ranking of Airports in South Africa by Number of Routes

List of domestic airports

International airport

List of airlines in South Africa

Ranking of Airports in South Africa by Number of Routes

There are 18 airports in South Africa with regular flights. Additionally, 6 airlines based in South Africa operate scheduled flights.

International airport

• O. R. Tambo International Airport

  Number of routes: 124 (1st in the country)

  Departing flights: 261 flights/day

  Number of airlines: 46

  Airlink (LNK) operates the most routes.

• King Shaka International Airport

  Number of routes: 15 (2nd in the country)

  Departing flights: 43 flights/day

  Number of airlines: 8

  CemAir (KEM) operates the most routes.

• Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport

  Number of routes: 7 (3rd in the country)

  Departing flights: 17 flights/day

  Number of airlines: 3

  Airlink (LNK) operates the most routes.

• George Airport

  Number of routes: 6 (4th in the country)

  Departing flights: 13 flights/day

  Number of airlines: 3

  CemAir (KEM) operates the most routes.

• Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport

  Number of routes: 5 (5th in the country)

  Departing flights: 8 flights/day

  Number of airlines: 2

  Airlink (LNK) operates the most routes.

• Bram Fischer International Airport

  Number of routes: 4 (6th in the country)

  Departing flights: 6 flights/day

  Number of airlines: 3

  FlySafair (SFR) operates the most routes.

• Air Force Base Hoedspruit

  Number of routes: 4 (7th in the country)

  Departing flights: 5 flights/day

  Number of airlines: 2

  CemAir (KEM) operates the most routes.

• Kimberley Airport

  Number of routes: 4 (7th in the country)

  Departing flights: 5 flights/day

  Number of airlines: 2

  CemAir (KEM) operates the most routes.

• King Phalo Airport

  Number of routes: 3 (9th in the country)

  Departing flights: 9 flights/day

  Number of airlines: 2

  FlySafair (SFR) operates the most routes.

• Lanseria International Airport

  Number of routes: 2 (10th in the country)

  Departing flights: 12 flights/day

  Number of airlines: 1

  The only airline operating at the airport is FlySafair (SFR)

• Skukuza Airport

  Number of routes: 2 (11th in the country)

  Departing flights: 3 flights/day

  Number of airlines: 1

  The only airline operating at the airport is Airlink (LNK)

• Polokwane International Airport

  Number of routes: 1 (12th in the country)

  Departing flights: 3 flights/day

  Number of airlines: 1

  The only airline operating at the airport is Airlink (LNK)

• Sishen Airport

  Number of routes: 1 (12th in the country)

  Departing flights: 3 flights/day

  Number of airlines: 1

  The only airline operating at the airport is Airlink (LNK)

• Pietermaritzburg Airport

  Number of routes: 1 (14th in the country)

  Departing flights: 2 flights/day

  Number of airlines: 1

  The only airline operating at the airport is Airlink (LNK)

• Richards Bay Airport

  Number of routes: 1 (14th in the country)

  Departing flights: 2 flights/day

  Number of airlines: 1

  The only airline operating at the airport is Airlink (LNK)

• Upington Airport

  Number of routes: 1 (14th in the country)

  Departing flights: 2 flights/day

  Number of airlines: 1

  The only airline operating at the airport is Airlink (LNK)

• Mthatha Airport

  Number of routes: 1 (14th in the country)

  Departing flights: 2 flights/day

  Number of airlines: 1

  The only airline operating at the airport is Airlink (LNK)

• Margate Airport

  Number of routes: 1 (18th in the country)

  Departing flights: 1 flights/day

  Number of airlines: 1

  The only airline operating at the airport is CemAir (KEM)

List of airlines in South Africa

There are 6 airlines based in South Africa. Clicking on the company name will display a route map specific to that airline.

• LNK - Airlink

  Number of routes: 48 (1st in the country)

  Departing flights: 179 flights/day

• KEM - CemAir

  Number of routes: 16 (2nd in the country)

  Departing flights: 43 flights/day

• SFR - FlySafair

  Number of routes: 13 (3rd in the country)

  Departing flights: 125 flights/day

• SAA - South African Airways

  Number of routes: 13 (4th in the country)

  Departing flights: 52 flights/day

• LFT - Lift

  Number of routes: 1 (5th in the country)

  Departing flights: 6 flights/day

• GBB - Global Aviation

  Number of routes: 0 (6th in the country)

  Departing flights: 2 flights/day