Lanseria International Airport
And Lanseria Airport 1993 ( Pty ) Ltd ( 1993/004101/07 )
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The Lanseria International Airport ( IATA code HLA, ICAO code FALA ) is located in the northern part of the metropolitan municipality of the City of Johannesburg. He is the smaller of two airports in the city and the only one located in privately owned international airport in South Africa. It has existed since 1974. Operators is the Lanseria International Airport Ltd.. and Lanseria Airport Ltd 1993.
Location and transport
The airport area is located away from the towns Randburg and Midrand in a rural area of the cerebral region of Johannesburg Lanseria in the district and a few kilometers. The most important transport links is the regional road R512, here called Pelindaba Road. As a result of increased passenger numbers a two-lane expansion of its lanes being considered by the junction with the N14 National Road after a renovation of the R512 now.
Airlines and destinations
The airport is (as of February 2014) of two low cost airlines fly into the country: the state Mango Airlines and the private kulula.com with economic implications for British Airways. It will be available from Lanseria daily flights to Cape Town and Durban.
Some smaller airlines were and are represented at the airport with fixed locations. It involves Comair, Rovas Air, SA Airlink, Eurocopter and Ross Air
History
Construction of the airport began in 1974 with an investment volume of 2.7 million Rand. The idea for his site was propagated by two pilots from Pretoria, Fanie Haacke and Abe Sher of, in the 1970s. It should be the busiest airport in the country after the performances in the establishment phase. Against this project were formed from among the affected farm landowners protest actions. On June 6, 1972, the Minister of Planning, JJ Loots said that the need for the construction of this facility. It came through the Roodepoort and Krugersdorp communities as well as by the Transvaal Peri - Urban Board for the purchase of the necessary land which they leased to the specially created Lanseria Management Company for a period of 99 years.
The commissioning of the public took place on August 16, 1974 during a ceremony with the then Transport Minister Hannes Rall. The first landing aircraft was a Learjet (ZS -MTD ).
In the following year after its opening, the airport was the venue of the International Air Africa '75, a fair on the international aerospace sector and an important event in the South African aviation history. For the first time South African buyers in their own country from the latest international offers of aviation engineering and electronics equipment could choose. Flight demonstrations that were originally only shown in Farnborough and Paris came here for demonstration.
As a result of successfully completing this air show was organized in October 1977, the Aviation Africa show with an issued value of 100 million rand. The largest exhibitor was the South African Air Force, which presented here all types of located at their aircraft in service. An exhibition object with strategic and political importance was there one of the most produced in South Africa, Mirage F1 variant (). France was at that time the most important arms supplier and licensor of armaments produced in South Africa by French technology basics. This information came in a parliamentary debate to the public. Furthermore, they showed at the fair Enstrom Helicopter Shark and CSIR experimental autogyro II The show went international participation. In the same year, on 4 November, the UN Security Council had adopted on the initiative of the United States a six-month arms embargo against South Africa, which was answered by Pretoria with reinforced -driven developments and the expansion of our own production on the military sector. South Africa produced the Mirage undeterred and France could it exert any political influence.
In 1977 the Department of Transport disposal ( Ministry of Transport ) changes to air traffic in South Africa. Accordingly, the Lanseria Airport was designed to handle future here all flights to and from abroad, where the machines were registered abroad.
The South African Air Force Museum in 1978 moved his shop to the airport and opened in 1980 a visitor area.
More air shows followed in 1979 and 1981 with growing success for the exhibitors and organizers.
At the airport was in May 1979 to its closure in 1991 the site of the 4th Impala Squadron 41th Reconnaissance Squadron and the Special Forces of the South African armed forces. In October 1980, the museum hosted a commemoration for the 41th Reconnaissance Squadron.
In 1990, the owners of the 300 -acre airport site to want the Roodepoort and Krugersdorp communities and the Transvaal Administration announced the Airport sell. After a tender in 1991 received a consortium of private investors the contract. During the year 1991, the airport handled about 108,000 aircraft movements and produced more than 250,000 passengers from.
When Nelson Mandela was released from prison and came by plane to Johannesburg, he entered on the Lanseria Airport again the ground. To date, one uses this airport for the arrival and departure of dignitaries and other special guests.
Until 1999, passenger numbers continued to rise. The old buildings and equipment were no longer able to meet these operational requirements. Therefore, one built around the main terminal and could put into operation in 2002. At the same time the start and runways and taxiways were renovated.
Following a successful evaluation in February 2001 by the authorities responsible for air traffic authorities of the country you confirmed the Lanseria Airport again its status as an international airport, the only privately operated facility of its kind in South Africa. In the first half of 2010, there were extensions in the Domestic Departure Lounge (domestic departure area ) in order to cope with the increased service between Lanseria and Durban better. In this context, we extended the parking capacity for cars of passengers.
Technical details
In 2004, successful expansion work on the runways. In the result of the Boeing 757-300 and Airbus 319, may be put on the Lanseria Airport aircraft. On 11 November 2013, the new, 45 meters wide and 3,000 meters long airstrip went into operation.