Sunday, February 12, 2012

My new home...


On the 3rd of March I will be moving to Port Elizabeth to start my CPL course on the 5th of March. Being that Aptrac is based at Port Elizabeth International Airport, I will give you a bit of information about this airport. It is owned and operated by Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) and located approximately 2 miles south of the city's CBD, giving it the nickname "the10 minute Airport" as it takes only 10 minutes by road to reach any of the city's major areas. The first flight to Port Elizabeth was in 1917 from Cape Town by Major Allister Mackintosh Miller. The airport was established in 1929 and officially opened in 1939 boasting a single runway and hanger. In 2000, plans for a major terminal upgrade were drawn up and opened in 2004. The airport now has 3 runways. The main 1,980 meter asphalt runway, the second 1,167 meters long and a 1,160 meter long grass one. The airport has 13 parking bays and can accommodate 2 million passengers a year. The airport is visited by 1Time, Comair (British Airways), Airlink, South African Airways, South African Express and Velvet Sky. These airlines connect PE to Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg and Bloemfontein.

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