Airports / South Africa / QRA
Rand Airport
FAGM / QRAJohannesburg, South AfricaELEV 5,483 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
8 nm
To the nearest alternate
O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Rand Airport, listed as FAGM / QRA, is a mid-sized airport in Johannesburg, South Africa. Field elevation is 5,483 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list QRA as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB, 8 nm), Grand Central Airport (GCJ, 15 nm), and Lanseria International Airport (HLA, 22 nm).
Trip costs from QRA are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from QRA to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
FAGM
IATA
QRA
FAA / Local
FAGM
Elevation
5,483 ft
Coordinates
26.2425° S · 28.1512° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs South Africa fields
state range 20–5,700 ft
At 5,483 ft, QRA sits higher than 94% of the 62 South Africa fields on the register — a high-elevation field where density altitude can trim aircraft performance on warm days.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 8nmJNBO.R. Tambo International AirportJohannesburg
- 15nmGCJGrand Central AirportMidrand
- 22nmHLALanseria International AirportJohannesburg
- 22nmFAVVVereeniging AirportVereeniging
- 25nmWKFWaterkloof Air Force BasePretoria
- 26nmFASKSwartkop Air Force BasePretoria
Location
Open the full mapFAGM · Rand Airport · Johannesburg, South Africa