Developers have begun the process of securing environmental approval for the transformation and expansion of the Cape Winelands Airport.
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Cape Winelands Airport, previously known as Fisantekraal Airfield, is located 25km away from Cape Town International Airport.
As per its website, the facility will provide airlines with ‘a much closer planning alternate airport that can be used for diversion fuel planning on flights inbound to Cape Town, enabling significant reductions in the quantum of additional reserve fuel that is required to be carried each flight, as imposed by regulators.’
This significant undertaking, estimated to cost a substantial R7 billion in its initial phase, is set to redefine the ‘modest airfield to an influential commercial and aviation centre.’
Central to the first phase is the strategic repositioning of the main runway with a 01-19 orientation and extended to a length of 3 500m.
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Concurrently, plans are underway for the construction of a passenger terminal designed to efficiently cater to a capacity of approximately 5.2 million passengers per year.
Additional expansion work also includes the construction of cargo terminals, aircraft hangars, a hotel, and commercial real estate.
Bizcommunity reports that the comprehensive Master Plan as well as various specialised aviation studies were conducted by the local office of international aviation consultancy Naco.
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