Port Elizabeth International Airport is one of the major Airports in Port Elizabeth. Popularly called as the "ten minute airport, the airport is situated at a driving distance of five minutes from the CBD. It takes less time to reach the beach front and just ten minutes from other important places in the city. Airports in Port Elizabeth have earned wide acclaim by its amenities and services to the customers.
Port Elizabeth International Airport at present handles more than 1 million passengers annually.The airport also handles about 822 798 kg of cargo monthly comprising flowers, frozen lobster, meat, ostrich skins, other perishables, motor car components, mail and courier parcel. This Airport in Port Elizabeth plays a great role in the country's trade and commerce.
There are two runways of 1 980m and 1 860m respectively in Port Elizabeth International Airport. There are 13 aircraft parking bays on the apron and terminals measuring 8 700 square metres.The main runway of Port Elizabeth International Airport is provided with full CAT 1 ILS system from both ends.
Airports in Port Elizabeth provide a wide range of amenities and services for the convenience of the passengers. The airport has restaurants and coffee shops. You can also avail services of car rental companies, cell phone companies and various tourist agencies at the airport. The airport premises include a curio shop too. The airport offers the provisions of currency exchange also.
This airport in Port Elizabeth was founded in the year 1929. It was Lieutenant Colonel Miller, who required an airfield to transport his postal service between the city and Cape Town and he needed the airport services urgently. After nine years in 1936, the airport was open for public use. At that time there was a single runway, a hangar and a concrete apron.
During the second world war, the airport was further extended to make way for 42 Air School for the Royal Air Force and 6 Squadron South African Air Force from the southern and eastern sides of the airport.Commercial operations however remained undisturbed and were conducted from the northern side. The first jet-propelled aircraft landed on the airport in the year 1954.
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