South Africa
Gauteng
Ekurhuleni

O.R. Tambo International Airport

OR Tambo International Airport is located in , about 20 km east of downtown and is the busiest airport in Sub-Saharan Africa. More than 40 airlines fly regularly to and from here.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: international airport serving Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Also known as: “FAOR”, “JNB”, “Johannesburg Airport”, “Johannesburg International Airport”, “O. R. Tambo International Airport”, “Oliver Reginald Tambo International”, “OR Tambo International Airport”, and “ORTIA”
  • Historically known as: “Jan Smuts Airport”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include OR Tambo International Airport and Rhodesfield.

Railway station
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O. R. Tambo International Airport is an international airport serving the twin cities of and the main capital of South Africa, . It is situated in Kempton Park, .

Railway station
is a metro station on the Gautrain rapid transit and Metrorail systems in , Kempton Park, , to the east of . It opened on 8 June 2010 with service to .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bonaero Park.

Suburb
is a southeastern suburb of Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, in province, . It lies directly next to OR Tambo International Airport, the busiest airport in .

O.R. Tambo International Airport

Latitude
-26.136° or 26° 8′ 10″ south
Longitude
28.2455° or 28° 14′ 44″ east
Elevation
1,694 metres (5,558 feet)
Operator
Airports Company South Africa
Abbreviation
“ORTIA”
IATA airport code
JNB
ICAO airport code
FAOR
Open location code
5G5CV67W+H5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 27657491
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
993986
Wiki­data ID
Q821750
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“O.R. Tambo International Airport” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Jan Smuts Internasionaal”
  • Afrikaans: “Jan Smuts Internasionale Lughawe”
  • Afrikaans: “Jan Smuts Lughawe”
  • Afrikaans: “Jan Smuts-lughawe”
  • Afrikaans: “Johannesburg Internasionaal Lughawe”
  • Afrikaans: “Johannesburg Internasionaal”
  • Afrikaans: “Johannesburg- Internasionale Lughawe”
  • Afrikaans: “O R Tambo Internationale Lughawe”
  • Afrikaans: “O.R. Tambo Internasionale Lughawe”
  • Afrikaans: “O.R. Tambo Lughawe”
  • Afrikaans: “O.R. Tambo-lughawe”
  • Afrikaans: “OR Tambo Internasionale Lughawe”
  • Afrikaans: “OR Tambo Internasionale”
  • Afrikaans: “OR Tambo Lughawe”
  • Arabic: “مطار أوليفر ريجنالد تامبو”
  • Armenian: “Կամ Թամբոյի միջազգային օդանավակայան”
  • Asturian: “Aeropuertu Internacional de Johannesburgo-Oliver Reginald Tambo”
  • Asturian: “Aeropuertu Internacional de Johannesburgu-Oliver Reginald Tambo”
  • Catalan: “Aeroport Internacional O. R. Tambo”
  • Cebuano: “O.R. Tambo International”
  • Cebuano: “Oliver Reginald Tambo International”
  • Chinese: “JNB”
  • Chinese: “O·R·坦博国际机场”
  • Chinese: “奥利弗·坦博国际机场”
  • Chinese: “奧利弗·坦博國際機場”
  • Chinese: “奧利弗·坦博國際機場車站”
  • Chinese: “奧利華·坦博國際機場”
  • Chinese: “約翰內斯堡國際機場”
  • Chinese: “約翰尼斯堡國際機場”
  • Czech: “Letiště Johannesburg”
  • Danish: “Johannesburg International Airport”
  • Danish: “O.R. Tambo International Airport”
  • Danish: “OR Tambo International Airport”
  • Dutch: “Johannesburg International Airport”
  • Dutch: “Luchthaven Johannesburg”
  • Dutch: “O.R. Tambo International Airport”
  • Dutch: “OR Tambo International Airport”
  • Esperanto: “Internacia Flughaveno O.R. Tambo”
  • Estonian: “O. R. Tambo rahvusvaheline lennujaam”
  • Finnish: “O. R. Tambon kansainvälinen lentoasema”
  • Finnish: “OR Tambon kansainvälinen lentoasema”
  • French: “Aéroport international de Johannesburg”
  • French: “Aeroport international OR Tambo”
  • French: “aéroport international OR Tambo”
  • French: “Aéroport international OR Tambo”
  • French: “FAOR”
  • French: “JNB”
  • French: “Johannesburg South Africa OR Tambo International Airport”
  • French: “OR Tambo International Airport”
  • Galician: “Aeroporto de Xohanesburgo-O.R. Tambo”
  • German: “FAOR”
  • German: “Flughafen Johannesburg O.R. Tambo”
  • German: “Flughafen O. R. Tambo”
  • German: “Internationaler Flughafen Johannesburg”
  • German: “Jan Smuts Airport”
  • German: “JNB”
  • German: “Johannesburg International Airport”
  • Hausa: “Filin jirgin saman O. R. Tambo”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבין-לאומי או. אר. טמבו”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבינלאומי או.אר טאמבו”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבינלאומי יוהנסבורג”
  • Hindi: “जान स्मट्स हवाई अड्डा”
  • Hungarian: “O. R. Tambo nemzetközi repülőtér”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Johannesburg”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional OR Tambo”
  • Indonesian: “Bandara Internasional Johannesburg”
  • Indonesian: “Bandara Internasional OR Tambo”
  • Indonesian: “FAOR”
  • Indonesian: “JNB”
  • Indonesian: “Johannesburg International Airport”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Johannesburg”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale di Johannesburg ‘Oliver Reginald Tambo’”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto internazionale di Johannesburg”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale di OR Tambo”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale O.R. Tambo”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale OR Tambo”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Jan Smuts International”
  • Italian: “Jan Smuts International”
  • Italian: “Johannesburg International Airport”
  • Italian: “Johannesburg International”
  • Italian: “OR Tambo International Airport”
  • Japanese: “FAJS”
  • Japanese: “O・R・タンボ国際空港”
  • Japanese: “O.R.タンボ国際空港”
  • Japanese: “オリバー・タンボ国際空港”
  • Japanese: “オリバータンボ国際空港”
  • Japanese: “オリバータンボ空港”
  • Japanese: “ヤン・スマッツ空港”
  • Japanese: “ヤンスマッツ空港”
  • Japanese: “ヨハネスバーグ国際空港”
  • Japanese: “ヨハネスバーグ空港”
  • Japanese: “ヨハネスブルク国際空港”
  • Japanese: “ヨハネスブルグ国際空港”
  • Japanese: “ヨハネスブルク空港”
  • Japanese: “ヨハネスブルグ空港”
  • Japanese: “ヨハンネスブルグ空港”
  • Korean: “O. R. 탐보 국제공항”
  • Korean: “OR 탐보 국제공항”
  • Korean: “오알 탐보 국제공항”
  • Korean: “요하네스버그 국제 공항”
  • Korean: “요하네스버그 국제공항”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Johannesburg”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa OR Tambo”
  • Malayalam: “ഒ.ആർ. ടാംബോ അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര വിമാനത്താവളം”
  • Marathi: “ओ.आर. टॅम्बो आंतरराष्ट्रीय विमानतळ”
  • Newari: “जन स्मट्स विमानस्थल”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “FAJS”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “JNB”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Johannesburg internasjonale flyplass”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Johannesburg International Airport”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “OR Tambo internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “OR Tambo International Airport”
  • Norwegian: “OR Tambo internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Persian: “FAJS”
  • Persian: “JNB”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین‌المللی اولیور تامبو”
  • Polish: “Jan Smuts International Airport”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Johannesburg”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional de Joanesburgo”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional de OR Tambo”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional Oliver Tambo”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional OR Tambo”
  • Portuguese: “FAJS”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional OR Tambo”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul OR Tambo”
  • Russian: “Йоханнесбург”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт имени О. Р. Тамбо”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт имени О.Р. Тамбо”
  • Slovak: “Letisko Olivera Tamba”
  • Slovak: “Medzinárodné letisko Olivera Tamba”
  • Slovenian: “FAOR”
  • Slovenian: “JNB”
  • Slovenian: “Johannesburg International Airport”
  • Slovenian: “Mednarodno letališče Johannesburg”
  • Slovenian: “Mednarodno letališče O. R. Tambo”
  • Slovenian: “OR Tambo International Airport”
  • Southern Sotho: “Boema-fofane ba Matjhaba ba OR Tambo”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Johanesburgo Internacional”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Johanesburgo-Internacional”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Johannesburgo”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto internacional de johanesburgo”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Johannesburgo-Oliver Reginald Tambo”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Johannesburgo”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional O.R. Tambo”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional Oliver Reginald Tambo”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional OR Tambo”
  • Spanish: “FAJS”
  • Spanish: “JNB”
  • Swedish: “OR Tambo International Airport”
  • Swedish: “OR Tambo internationella flygplats”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи бин‌алмилалӣ овлюр томбу”
  • Tatar: “Оливер Реджинальд Тамбо исемендәге Йоһаннесбург халыкара аэропорты”
  • Tatar: “Оливер Реджинальд Тамбо исемендәге Йоһаннесбург халыкара һава аланы”
  • Thai: “ท่าอากาศยานนานาชาติ โจฮันเนสเบิร์ก”
  • Thai: “ท่าอากาศยานนานาชาติโจฮันเนสเบิร์ก”
  • Thai: “ท่าอากาศยานนานาชาติโออาร์ แทมโบ”
  • Turkish: “O. R. Tambo Uluslararası Havalimanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Йоханнесбург”
  • Ukrainian: “Міждародний аеропорт імені О. Р. Тамбо”
  • Ukrainian: “Міждародний аеропорт імені О.Р. Тамбо”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế O. R. Tambo”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế OR Tambo”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol OR Tambo”
  • Wu Chinese: “奥利弗·坦博国际机场”

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