| George Airport George Lughawe | |
| Iata: | GRJ |
| Icao: | FAGG |
| Type: | Public |
| Operator: | Airports Company South Africa |
| City-Served: | George, Garden Route District Municipality, South Africa |
| Elevation-F: | 639 |
| Elevation-M: | 195 |
| Coordinates: | -34.0067°N 22.3808°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Western Cape#South Africa#Africa |
| Pushpin Label: | GRJ |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Western Cape |
| Website: | https://www.airports.co.za/airports/george-airport |
| Metric-Rwy: | yes |
| R1-Number: | 11/29 |
| R1-Length-F: | 6,561 |
| R1-Length-M: | 2,000 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| R2-Number: | 02/20 (CLOSED) |
| R2-Length-F: | 4,002 |
| R2-Length-M: | 1,220 |
| R2-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat1-Header: | Passenger traffic |
| Stat1-Data: | 833,455 |
| Stat-Year: | FY2024/25 |
| Stat2-Header: | Aircraft movements |
| Stat2-Data: | 31,265 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Airports Company South Africa[1] [2] |
| Opened: | 1977 |
George Airport (af|George Lughawe) is an airport located in George, Western Cape, South Africa. It was formerly known as P. W. Botha Airport, named after the state president who lived in this part of the country.
The airport was originally built in 1977 as an exact replica of the Keetmanshoop Airport in Namibia, but since its expansion and renovation, it now looks completely different. George Airport has won the award for Africa's best airport in the category under two million passengers per year six times; the last time was in 2017. The award is given by Airports Council International (ACI).[3]
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| 2006 | - | - | 589,674 | 4.2% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | - | - | 652,031 | 10.6% | ||
| 2008 | - | - | 630,385 | 3.3% | ||
| 2009 | - | - | 548,498 | 13.0% | ||
| 2010 | - | - | 526,823 | 4.0% | ||
| 2011 | - | - | 565,291 | 7.3% | ||
| 2012 | 39,664 | - | 544,306 | 3.7% | ||
| 2013 | 43,758 | 10.3% | 572,130 | 5.1% | ||
| 2014 | 55,432 | 26.7% | 615,688 | 7.6% | ||
| 2015 | 57,924 | 4.5% | 718,881 | 16.8% | ||
| 2016 | 51,405 | 11.2% | 738,641 | 2.7% | ||
| 2017 | 32,961 | 35.9% | 801,480 | 8.5% | ||
| 2018 | 43,016 | 30.5% | 835,906 | 4.3% | ||
| 2019 | 36,202 | 15.8% | 830,118 | 0.7% | ||
| 2020 | 18,486 | 49.0% | 267,816 | 67.7% | ||
| 2021 | 20,276 | 9.7% | 609,069 | 127.4% | ||
| 2022 | 28,695 | 41.5% | 757,567 | 24.4% | ||
| 2023 | 29,265 | 2.0% | 803,184 | 6.0% | ||
| 2024 | 31,265 | 6.8% | 833,455 | 3.8% |
