What is your favourite airport in South Africa?

[Bradley Prior]

What is your favourite airport in South Africa?

 

[My_King]

Or what?

 

[repitah]

Kimberley is quaint for arrivals, but the departures waiting area feels a bit like a holding cell. The tractors are cute

 

[HAL 9000]

Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (MQP), located 16km northeast of Mbombela (Nelspruit), South Africa, is the primary gateway to the Kruger National Park.

Featuring the world's largest thatched-roof terminal, the airport connects safari travelers to domestic destinations like Johannesburg, as well as regional routes to Victoria Falls and Livingstone via carriers such as Airlink.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

King Shaka to me was awesome, not like the monstrosity of Jan smuts that looked like too many things were tacked on

 

[Ninja'd]

Might as well ask me what's my favorite taxi rank also.

 

[bwana]

Other: They all suck.

 

[FiestaST]

D. F. Malan Airport?

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

The smaller the better.

PE airport is great, it's tiny but still has a Wimpy.

 

[ISP cash cow]

Lanseria for me, closer to home without having to drive through Joburg traffic to get to OR Tambo and since the renovations have been done quite a nice little airport now.

 

[dj_jyno]

Large airports - Cape Town International
Smaller airports - Bram Fischer (Bloemfontein)

 

[henkc]

Other. You left out Richards' Bay and, for that matter, Margate. At Richards' Bay, baggage handling consists of a Ventertjie heading out to the plane.

 

[Progenix Oj101]

There's no such thing as a favourite airport. They all suck.

 

[OnlyOneKenobi]

The one in my back yard... with my private jet, etc.

 

[TofuMofu]

They are all pretty bad. Cape Town International's domestic is quite nice, but international is terrible. Very cliche decor.

 

[The_Ogre]

The smaller the better.

PE airport is great, it's tiny but still has a Wimpy.

Why are these small ass airports referred to as "international" though?

Are there clandestine flights landing in PE from Antarctica or something?

 

[Anthro]

Your sample size is going to vary quite a bit and therefor the result may be skewed in favor of the major airports - most of us will never experience the smaller airports, the might be right up our alley If I would hazard a guess.
No one minds not needing to Taxi 5 minutes to "that departure way over there."

 

[Snotface]

Richard's Bay. Spent many hours flying back and forth to that airport and sitting in CotchAir's business class lounge in the early 90's.

 

[HowTo]

O.R. Tambo public toilets without toilet seats

 

[Brian_G]

O.R. Tambo at least has decent viewing decks, and it's more to watch. Fair eating options too IMO. But haven't been to C.T.'s for ages, and Lanseria can be fun.