Flying to Johannesburg
The OR Tambo International Airport is the airport of Johannesburg, formerly known as the Jan Smuts Airport. It handled almost 20 million passengers in 2007 because Johannesburg is the transit point for connecting flights to other cities in South Africa, especially international flights, making its airport the busiest in the country. The reason for this is because it serves as the primary airport for domestic and international travel to and from South Africa.
The following airlines have flights scheduled to and from Johannesburg: 1Time; British Airways; Kulula.com; Mango Airways; South African Airways; South African Airlink and South African Express (all of them,except Mango Airways, offer international flights to and from OR Tambo Airport as well)
Except for the OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg also have the Rand Airport near Germiston, the Grand Central Airport in Midrand and the Lanseria Airport. The Lanseria Airport is used for commercial flights to Durban, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Botswana.
Johannesburg's Tourism Attractions
The city has many historical attractions, visited by local and foreign tourists. These attractions include:
- Johannesburg Zoo
- Townships
- Soweto
- Alexandr
- Gold Reef City
- The Market Theater
- Museum Africa
- Johannesburg Art Gallery
History Museums
- The Apartheids Museum
- The Hector Pieterson Museum
The city of Johannesburg
Johannesburg is South Africa’s largest, most advanced and wealthiest city due to the large-scale gold and diamond trade. It is also the provincial capital of Gauteng and is beginning to act as one functional city together with Pretoria, forming one Megacity with more than 10 million people.
Johannesburg's climate
Johannesburg has a dry, sunny climate with occasional downpours from October to April. The average maximum summer temperatures is about 26ºC (79ºF) and summer is their rainfall season. Winters are cool during daytime, with clear skies, and nights are cold with frost. Maximum temperatures drop to an average of about 16ºC (61ºF) in winter.
Roads to Johannesburg
Johannesburg's Ring Road is composed of three different freeways. The N3 which links Johannesburg with Durban, the N1 (the busiest national road in South Africa) which links with Pretoria and Cape Town and the N12 which links Witbank and Kimberley to Johannesburg.