SA Blog’s handy guide to Upington Airport.
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Upington Airport is Your Correspondent’s favourite in South Africa, for three reasons: first, it has Africa’s longest runway, at 5kms (NASA’s space shuttle could land on it); second, it hosts only a single carrier, South African Airlink (see below), which flies mosquito-sized planes; and third, the landings of said mosquito-size planes on said gigantic runway are social occasions in Upington, drawing crowds. If ever you seek the simple life, consider a move to Upington’s peace and quiet.
The city, located in what is known as the “Green Kalahari” (because of the Gariep/Orange River’s irrigation of the area), is close to two major nature reserves, both highly recommended: Augrabies Falls and the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (a.k.a. the Kalahari Desert).
Uppington Airport is as simple as it gets: you walk in a straight line from the plane to the baggage collection area to the parking lot outside.
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