Rand Airport

Rand Airport is an airport in Germiston, South Africa. It was constructed in the 1920s as the main airport for Johannesburg, but the city outgrew it and replaced the airport with Palmietfontein Airport in 1948.

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Type: Aerodrome
Description: airport in Gauteng, South Africa
Also known as: “FAGM”, “QRA”, and “Rand”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Germiston Stadium and Rand Refinery.

Germiston Stadium

Stadium

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Germiston Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Germiston, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for rugby matches and track events. Germiston Stadium is the home stadium of Germiston Simmer Rugby Club and Germiston Football Club.

Rand Refinery

Factory

Rand Refinery Limited is the world's largest integrated single-site precious metals refining and smelting complex. It was established in 1920 to refine gold within South Africa, which had previously been refined in London.

Hoërskool Alberton

School

Hoërskool Alberton is an Afrikaans high school in Florentia, Alberton, South Africa. On Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1948, the books, furniture, and other supplies in use in the middle section of the Kruger School were transferred to the new junior high school in Alberton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Germiston and Alberton.

Germiston

Town

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Germiston, also known as kwaDukathole, is a city in the East Rand region of Gauteng, South Africa, administratively forming part of the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality since the latter's establishment in 2000.

Alberton

Town

Photo: Anton Ferreira, Public domain.

Alberton is a town situated on the southern part of the East Rand of the Gauteng Province in South Africa, just south-east of the major urban centre of Johannesburg.