30 Vol. 10 / No. 4 / April 2018 Global Aviator
South African Airports
plan includes construction on an
all new runway and major changes
to the Terminal Buildings.
The revamped terminal buildings
at Cape Town International are the
result of restructuring at the airport
which was done to accommodate
the expected surge in tourism
around the 2010 FIFA World Cup
and growth in tourism beyond the
2010 World Cup extravaganza.
Deon Cloete is the incumbent
General Manager at the helm of Cape
Town International Airport, steering
the airport into the next decade of
the 21st century. He says “ACSA is
committed to a 5 year development
plan for Cape Town Airport and the
company is investing R5 to R7 Billioncapital for infra structural changes
which includes the construction
of a new single runway and
modifications to the existing Domestic
and International Terminals”.
Moving ahead from the extensive
refurbishment of the airport terminal
buildings the eventual model for the
structural layout of a larger more
enhanced airport is removed from
existing structures at CTIA. The
existing domestic arrivals and baggage
collection terminal, to quote a source
within ACSA “is dated and tired” and
requires extensive modernisation.
The CTB or “Central Terminal
Building” built during the alterations
made for the 2010 extravaganza
is the central feature linking both
the International and Domestic
terminals. All of the pre departure
systems including the check in
counters, food courts, retail shops
and access to the boarding gates
for both international and domestic
travellers are situated in this area.
Future projections for integrated
terminal buildings indicate the
terminals and apron design will
eventually incorporate a three “pier”
feature with nodes extending ontothe “air side” apron but connected
or linked to the Central Terminal.
The immediate requirement
is to move the existing runway
into a new position.
Although the existing 3.2km
runway and it’s features are
acceptable for use by most modern
wide body aircraft including
the Airbus A380, the 50 year old
runway has aged and is considered
to be inefficient, limiting the ATC
movements to 30 aircraft per hour.
Airports Company South Africa
proposes to replace the existing
primary runway 19/01 with an
entirely new 3.5 kilometer runway
aligned 11.5 degrees counter
clockwise from the old facility onto
the new runway headings 18/36
The old runway (19/01) will be
configured as a parallel taxiway with
a mid track connection via a “Rapid
Exit Taxiway”(R.E.T) from the new
runway. The plan for this arrangement
is to expedite traffic frequency up to 45
flights per hour, a 50% improvement
of the present 30 movements per
hour. This initial expansion of traffic
movements can contribute towards
the airport eventually managing upTop: South African Airways began to operate Super Constellation aircraft on
international flights from then, D.F. Malan Airport.
Mid: Travel by air to Cape Town was novel, unique and very exciting.
Left: Back in the early days in 1954 when the D.F. Malan airport replaced the old
municipal Wingfield aerodrome.Strategically designed the Central Terminal Building (CTB) positioned between the International and
Domestic sections of the airport was first commissioned for use in 2010 as part of the airport’s future
modernisation planning.