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CPT
IATA
Cape Town International Airport
Western Cape
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Updated 13 October 2026
Cape Town International Airport (CPT) is a passenger airport in the Western Cape, serving Cape Town. From the Cape Town reference point it is 18 km in a straight line. The distance is not a driving time, and the flight on your date still has to be checked.
- IATA
- CPT
- Serves
- Cape Town
- Province
- Western Cape
- Passenger flights
- Passenger flights — check your travel date
Towns
Distances to the published town list, not to every settlement in the country.
Reference point
-33.97403, 18.60433
Western Cape, South Africa
The coordinate is the airport reference point, not a terminal door or a pickup bay.
Other passenger airports
Airport-to-airport distance. These figures do not start at a town.
Using CPT as an arrival airport
Towns listed near CPT
Among the towns published on this site, the nearest reference points are Cape Town at 18 km; Stellenbosch at 25 km; Hermanus at 76 km. That is the fixed town list, not a claim about every settlement in the country.
Cape Town at 18 km and Stellenbosch at 25 km are both close to this airport on the published list. Which one matches your hotel still depends on the street address, not on the order of this list. Cape Town is the associated place name on the airport record, not the location of every hotel.
Other passenger airports near CPT
Airport-to-airport distance, measured from this airport's reference point to the other airport, puts George Airport (GRJ) at 348 km; Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport (PLZ) at 647 km; Upington Airport (UTN) at 669 km next. Do not mix those figures with a town-to-airport distance.
Technical record
- ICAO
- FACT
- Identifier
- FACT
- Type
- Large airport
- Elevation
- 46 m
Runways
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| Ends | Length | Width | Surface | Lighted | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 3201 m | 61 m | Asphalt | Yes | Open |
| 16 / 34 | 1701 m | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes | Open |
Passenger service reviewed 2026-10-12.
Profile reviewed 2026-10-13.
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