Upington Airport (UTN)
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Upington Airport
Mon - Fri: 08:00 -17:00
Sat: 08:00 - 13:00
Sun: 10:30 -13:00 & 15:30-18:00
ACSA
Today, Upington International Airport has grown in size and has modernised significantly from those humble beginnings. It received international status with the inception of Airports Company South Africa in 1993 and, in recent years, has enjoyed an eight percent annual increase in passenger figures.
While Upington International is the smallest airport within the group, its ambitions are grand and it boasts the longest runway in the entire southern hemisphere described as follows:
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"Runway 17/35 was built (by LTS) in just six months, from January through to July 1976. It was built specifically to accommodate a Boeing 747 (as it still does today) and Upington was chosen because of its location and the availability of land.
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The Boeing 747 is significant as it transports international cargo to South Africa. In turn, this encourages foreign investment in Upington.
Airlink operates flights to Cape Town and Johannesburg. The airport facilitates between 55,000 and 60,000 passengers per annum.
