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The list of Airports in Cape Town one will come across the name of Cape Town International Airport, which is located thirteen miles from the main city of Cape Town in the eastern part of the city. It is coded as “CPT” in short. There are a total of five terminals that are present in this Airport. This very airport is the second largest airport that is available in the South Africa. The main flight that you are going to get from this airport is the South African Airways. The Airport was previously known as DF Malan Airport till the year 1990, named after Prime Minister Daniel Francois Malan.
The five terminals of the Cape Town International Airport are made for the following purposes:
- International Arrivals
- International Departures
- Domestic Arrivals
- Domestic Departures on South African Airways
- Domestic Departures on other airlines
All these terminals are arranged in a horizontal fashion along a single road. It is built in this fashion in order to provide requisite comfort to the passengers. The only terminal that provides access to the air side contact stands which connects the air bridges is the International Terminal.
There are many flights that land and take off from this airport, which can be counted as good number for Cape Town Airports. The flights are:
- 1Time
- Air Mauritius
- Air Namibia
- Air Botswana
- British Airways operated by Comair
- British Airways
- Emirates
- Delta Air Lines
- Lufthansa
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
- LTU International
- Mango
- Malaysia Airlines
- Virgin Atlantic Airways
- Nationwide Airlines
- Qantas
- Qatar Airways
- Singapore Airlines
- South African Airways
- South African Airlink
- South African Express
- Turkish Airlines
You can access the Airport by taxi which is available for the tourists from the city center area. There are officially registered airport taxis available for the passengers and it is advised in the basic instructions for Cape Town Tourism to use this taxi service if you are to reach the airport. Or else, you can book for door to door shuttle bus which will take you to both the domestic and international terminals as required.
There are various types of facilities that are available for the passengers. These facilities are:
- Currency Exchange
- Dining
- Shopping
- Luggage keeping facilities
- Medical facilities
- Business facilities
- Disabled facilities
There are many hotels that you will be getting within close proximity to Cape Town International Airport. Some of these are:
- Road Lodge
- City Lodge Pinelands
- Courtyard Hotel Cape Town
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