Southern Africa
Southern Africa has 19 airports with published data across 4 countries. No regional ranking is published: too few of its countries are measured the same way to compare them fairly.
No regional ranking on this page
A regional table has to fix one comparability level, and too few of this region's countries are measured the same way to compare them fairly. The country pages below each carry their own ranking.
Every airport in this region
19All 19 published airports here, not only the ones the table above can rank. 3 have official monthly figures; 15 are counted daily from flight boards. The two are measured differently, so this list does not rank them against each other — each row says how its own figure was measured.
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| Airport | Country | Figure | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town International Airport | South Africa | 7,109 | aircraft movements · August 2026 · movements observed by open ADS-B receivers, not an official count |
| Lanseria International Airport | South Africa | 2,312 | aircraft movements · August 2026 · movements observed by open ADS-B receivers, not an official count |
| O.R. Tambo International Airport | South Africa | 11,876 | aircraft movements · August 2026 · movements observed by open ADS-B receivers, not an official count |
| Bram Fischer International Airport | South Africa | 281 | scheduled flights · counted daily · 13 days |
| Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport | South Africa | 472 | scheduled flights · counted daily · 13 days |
| Eastgate Airport / Air Force Base Hoedspruit | South Africa | 182 | scheduled flights · counted daily · 13 days |
| George Airport | South Africa | 335 | scheduled flights · counted daily · 13 days |
| Hosea Kutako International Airport | Namibia | — | |
| King Mswati III International Airport | Eswatini | 31 | scheduled flights · counted daily · 4 days |
| King Phalo Airport | South Africa | 235 | scheduled flights · counted daily · 13 days |
| King Shaka International Airport | South Africa | 1,639 | scheduled flights · counted daily · 13 days |
| Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport | South Africa | 300 | scheduled flights · counted daily · 13 days |
| Margate Airport | South Africa | 25 | scheduled flights · counted daily · 13 days |
| Maun International Airport | Botswana | 199 | scheduled flights · counted daily · 13 days |
| Ondangwa Airport | Namibia | 44 | scheduled flights · counted daily · 9 days |
| Richards Bay Airport | South Africa | 14 | scheduled flights · counted daily · 4 days |
| Sir Seretse Khama International Airport | Botswana | 348 | scheduled flights · counted daily · 13 days |
| Sishen Airport | South Africa | 10 | scheduled flights · counted daily · 2 days |
| Skukuza Airport | South Africa | 22 | scheduled flights · counted daily · 4 days |
Countries
4- South Africa 14
- Namibia 2
- Botswana 2
- Eswatini 1