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Kimberley, with its traffic growing by 11%. Overall the top airports of South Africa witnessed nearly 39.7 million passengers in 2016, up 5.3% on the year before.
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131:436 ft / 133 m
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1167:12 February
1116:24 February
760:Phabricator
486:East London
468:; formerly
162: /
150:027°49′17″E
137:Coordinates
97:East London
1533:Categories
1520:Statistics
1493:Wonderboom
1242:23 October
1035:References
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615:Facilities
147:33°02′06″S
1457:Polokwane
1442:Mala Mala
1437:Kimberley
1381:Cape Town
1162:SA People
1142:24 August
1136:anna.aero
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462:Afrikaans
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1326:Aviation
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1018:See also
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514:Windhoek
484:serving
396:Asphalt
382:Asphalt
360:Surface
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83:Operator
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1447:Mthatha
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357:Length
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175:Website
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833:12.1%
817:19.2%
697:Durban
672:CemAir
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573:Notes
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709:Cargo
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1268:and
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1195:2018
1169:2024
1144:2018
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795:Year
599:46m
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570:ILS
458:FAEL
454:ICAO
446:IATA
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316:FAEL
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