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Rand airport in Johannesburg (South Africa)
Rand airport is located near Johannesburg, with Alberton North at 1mi↑, Germiston at 2mi↑, Malvern at 4mi↑, Newclare at 5mi↑, Kate Hamel at 6mi↑, Boksburg at 7mi↑, Johannesburg at 7mi↑, Eden Glen at 8mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in South Africa and Southernmost airports in South Africa
→ See also airports in South Africa
aerial view of Rand airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : FAGM
- IATA code : QRA
- Local code : -
Elevation : 1671 m = 5482ft
→ See also Highest airports in South Africa and Lowest airports in South Africa
Runways
- runway 11R/29L : 1712m = 5617ft
- runway 17R/35L : 1493m = 4898ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in South Africa
Coming to Rand airport
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By train : book on Trip.com
By plane :
- Rand airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- O R Tambo International airport at 9mi : book on Trip.com
- Grand Central airport at 18mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Rand airport FAGM QRA
METAR for Rand airport FAGM QRA
FAGM 231400Z 12014KT 9999 OVC010 13/12 Q1024
Decoded METAR for Rand airport FAGM QRA
METAR issued by FAGM on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 14:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 6 days and 163 hours and -8607 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 13°C = 55°F, dew point is 12°C = 54°F. The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 94 %.
QNH is 1024hPa = 30.24inHg
Wind 26km/h = 14kt, direction is 120°.
Clouds : overcast at 1000ft = 300m.
No TAF for Rand airport
but aviation weather is available at O R Tambo International airport (FAOR) at 9mi↑
NOTAM for Rand airport
Around Rand airport in Johannesburg (South Africa)
near
- Hotels in Alberton North
- Station de montagne La Molina at 5024mi↑
- Station de montagne Gréolières-les-Neiges at 5024mi↑
- Station de montagne Puigmal 2900 at 5027mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Cambre d'Aze at 5030mi↑
- Station de montagne Capcir at 5033mi↑
- Station de montagne Bolquère Pyrénées 2000 at 5034mi↑
- Station de montagne La Quillane at 5034mi↑
- Station de montagne Font-Romeu at 5034mi↑
- Station de montagne La Colmiane at 5036mi↑
- Station de montagne Les Angles at 5037mi↑
- Station de montagne La Rabassa at 5040mi↑
- Station de montagne Formiguères at 5040mi↑
- for Rand airport at 0mi↑
- for Interwaste airport at 2mi↑
- for Panorama airport at 8mi↑
nearest airports to Rand airport in Johannesburg (South Africa)
- Interwaste heliport ( ZA-0242) at 2mi↑
- Sanan heliport ( ZA-0205) at 7mi↑
- Panorama airport ( ZA-0110) at 8mi↑
- Edenvale Hospital heliport ( ZA-0202) at 8mi↑
- Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital heliport ( ZA-0206) at 8mi↑
- Daring airport (FADR ) at 8mi↑NOTAM
- O R Tambo International airport (FAOR JNB ) at 9mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Brakpan airport (FABB ) at 9mi↑NOTAM
- Milpark Hospital heliport ( ZA-0208) at 9mi↑
- Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital heliport ( ZA-0204) at 13mi↑defunct airport
- Benoni heliport ( ZA-0215) at 13mi↑
- Tarkastad airport (FATA ) at 14mi↑NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in South Africa
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap