GRJFAGG

George Airport

George, South Africa · Africa

Africa Africa/Johannesburg

6direct destinations

3airlines

1runway

2,000 mLongest runway

1977opened

George Airport (IATA: GRJ, ICAO: FAGG) (Afrikaans: George Lughawe) is an airport located in George, Western Cape, South Africa. It was formerly known as P. W. Botha Airport, named after the state president who lived in this part of the country. The airport was originally built in 1977 as an exact replica of the Keetmanshoop Airport in Namibia, but since its expansion and renovation, it now looks completely different. George Airport has won the award for Africa's best airport in the category under two million passengers per year six times; the last time was in 2017. The award is given by Airports Council International (ACI).

Location

34.006°S, 22.379°E · 198 m s. n. m. (648 ft)

General data

CountrySouth Africa

CityGeorge

IATA codeGRJ

ICAO codeFAGG

Coordinates34.006°S, 22.379°E

Elevation198 m s. n. m. (648 ft)

Time zoneAfrica/Johannesburg

Runways1

Longest runway2,000 m

OperatorAirports Company South Africa

Opened1977

Direct destinations6

Official website

Runways · 1

11/29

Length2,000 m6,562 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 4

Tower

118.900

ATIS (automatic information)

126.225

Approach

128.200George Approach

Apron

122.650APRON

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

Airlines operating here · 3

Other airlines with direct routes

CemAir FlySafair Airlink

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

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Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). George Airport (GRJ). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/GRJ

MLA

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Chicago

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_grj,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{George Airport (GRJ)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/GRJ},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/GRJ}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-17},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}

Wikipedia

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