FAGM IATA QRA Medium Airport

Airport record

Rand Airport

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

High elevation
WGS 84 position -26.24250°, 28.15120° Open map
FIELD ELEVATION 5,483 ft MSL

1,671 metres

REPORTED OPEN RUNWAYS 2

2 reported lighted

LONGEST REPORTED 5,617 ft

1,712 metres · 11/29

PUBLISHED COMMS 3

Source records

Runway geometry

Reported runway surfaces

TRUE headings
Runway Dimensions Surface Heading (true) Lighting Status
11/29 5,617 × 50 ft1,712 × 15 m Asphalt 89.0° / 269.0° east–west Reported lighted Reported open
17/35 4,898 × 50 ft1,493 × 15 m Asphalt 158.0° / 338.0° north–south Reported lighted Reported open

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Runway ends

Published end data

Each runway end is listed separately. Headings are true; elevations are MSL. A dash means the source did not publish a value—not zero.

Runway-end identifiers, parent runways, true headings, elevations, displaced thresholds, and published coordinates
End Runway True heading End elevation Displaced threshold Coordinates
11 LE · low-numbered end 11/29 Reported open 89.0°T 5,438 ft MSL1,658 m Not published -26.24270°, 28.14050° Open end map ↗
29 HE · high-numbered end 11/29 Reported open 269.0°T 5,483 ft MSL1,671 m 455 ft139 m -26.24240°, 28.15770° Open end map ↗
17 LE · low-numbered end 17/35 Reported open 158.0°T 5,424 ft MSL1,653 m 577 ft176 m -26.23540°, 28.14770° Open end map ↗
35 HE · high-numbered end 17/35 Reported open 338.0°T 5,460 ft MSL1,664 m 378 ft115 m -26.24770°, 28.15360° Open end map ↗

Communications

Published frequencies

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TypeFrequencyDescription
APP 124.500 MHz JOHANNESBURG APP
MISC 130.500 MHz APRON OFFICE
TWR 118.700 MHz TWR

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Nearby airports

All in South Africa
CodeAirportDistance & bearingLongest runway
FAOR O.R. Tambo International AirportJohannesburg 8 NM15 km · NE · 40° true 14,495 ft
FBSK Sir Seretse Khama International AirportGaborone 158 NM292 km · NW · 309° true 13,123 ft
FDSK King Mswati III International AirportMpaka 192 NM356 km · E · 93° true 11,811 ft
FXMM Moshoeshoe I International AirportMaseru(Mazenod) 196 NM362 km · S · 189° true 10,498 ft
FAKM Kimberley AirportKimberley 237 NM439 km · SW · 229° true 9,843 ft
FQMA Maputo AirportMaputo 239 NM443 km · E · 86° true 12,008 ft

Source & provenance

Data source

Airport, runway, and frequency records come from the OurAirports Public Domain dataset snapshot dated . Missing values remain missing; Runway Almanac does not invent them.