HLA · Johannesburg, South Africa
Lanseria International Airport.
--:--:-- · SAST (UTC+02:00) · 25.9390° S, 27.9266° E
Lanseria International Airport
Secondary airport serving Johannesburg, South Africa
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for HLA
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
Airport catalog
OurAirports ID 2800; ident FALA; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
landseria.co.za
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceReference summary
Lanseria International Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
16 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-21.
IATA / ICAO
HLA / FALA
OurAirports ident
FALA
GPS / local code
FALA
ISO region
ZA-GT
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
international scheduled-service gateway
Official host
landseria.co.za
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q2163819
Snapshot generated
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 21, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Nov 5, 9:24 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
Local airport time
--:--:--SAST · UTC+02:00
Time zone
SAST
Africa/Johannesburg · UTC+02:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
32 km
Approximate distance to central Johannesburg.
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Pretoria
Languages
Afrikaans, English
Currency
ZAR (R)
Country area
1,221,037 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
1 runway
Longest runway
9,996 ft / 3,047 m
Runway surface
asphalt
Opened / operator
1974
Owner / entity
Q2163819
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
international scheduled-service gateway
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
16 source-backed signals
Lanseria International Airport is a international scheduled-service gateway for Johannesburg, South Africa. Johannesburg's built-up core sits roughly 32 km from the terminal area. Operations run on Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00, SAST). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Lanseria International Airport (HLA / FALA) is at 25.9390° S, 27.9266° E, elevation 4,517 ft (1,377 m), serving Johannesburg, South Africa.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Johannesburg is in South Africa (capital Pretoria); regulated by South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA); on Africa/Johannesburg (SAST, UTC+02:00); working languages: Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele; currency: ZAR (R).
Distance from central Johannesburg: 32 km.
Airport context brief
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for HLA.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
Lanseria International Airport (HLA / FALA)
Lanseria International Airport · Secondary airport serving Johannesburg, South Africa
Source identifiers
FALA · FALA · ZA-GT
landseria.co.za · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Source-specific airport notes
Location cue
Lanseria International Airport is a privately owned international airport that is situated north of Randburg and Sandton to the northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Used to make the airport page location-specific beyond the code, coordinate, and timezone record.
Closest mapped city anchors
1. Diepsloot
diepsloot · 8.6 km from HLA
South Africa · Africa/Johannesburg · +0h · population 350,000 · city coordinates -25.9331, 28.0121
2. Randburg
randburg · 19 km from HLA
South Africa · Africa/Johannesburg · +0h · population 337,053 · city coordinates -26.0941, 28.0012
3. Midrand
midrand · 20 km from HLA
South Africa · Africa/Johannesburg · +0h · population 87,387 · city coordinates -25.9760, 28.1180
4. Krugersdorp
krugersdorp · 22 km from HLA
South Africa · Africa/Johannesburg · +0h · population 378,821 · city coordinates -26.0858, 27.7752
5. Hartbeespoort
hartbeespoort · 24 km from HLA
South Africa · Africa/Johannesburg · +0h · population 26,732 · city coordinates -25.7287, 27.8700
6. Alexandra
alexandra · 25 km from HLA
South Africa · Africa/Johannesburg · +0h · population 179,624 · city coordinates -26.1053, 28.0988
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. JNB FAOR
O.R. Tambo International Airport · Johannesburg
39 km from HLA · Africa/Johannesburg · +0h · elevation 5,558 ft (1,694 m) · airport coordinates -26.1401, 28.2468
2. PTG FAPP
Polokwane International Airport · Polokwane
279 km from HLA · Africa/Johannesburg · +0h · elevation 4,076 ft (1,242 m) · airport coordinates -23.8453, 29.4586
3. BFN FABL
Bram Fischer International Airport · Bloemfontein
386 km from HLA · Africa/Johannesburg · +0h · elevation 4,457 ft (1,358 m) · airport coordinates -29.0927, 26.3024
Route-time reference set
1. HLA-PTG
Polokwane · 279 km · 1h 11m
Africa/Johannesburg · +0h from HLA; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. HLA-BFN
Bloemfontein · 386 km · 1h 19m
Africa/Johannesburg · +0h from HLA; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
1 runway
Longest runway 9,996 ft / 3,047 m. 1 lighted runway in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
asphalt
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for HLA.
Runway identifiers
07/25
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Same-country airport context
1. JNB FAOR
O.R. Tambo International Airport · Johannesburg · 39 km from HLA
large airport · Africa/Johannesburg · south-africa · 5,558 ft (1,694 m) · -26.1401, 28.2468
2. PTG FAPP
Polokwane International Airport · Polokwane · 279 km from HLA
large airport · Africa/Johannesburg · south-africa · 4,076 ft (1,242 m) · -23.8453, 29.4586
3. BFN FABL
Bram Fischer International Airport · Bloemfontein · 386 km from HLA
large airport · Africa/Johannesburg · south-africa · 4,457 ft (1,358 m) · -29.0927, 26.3024
4. DUR FALE
King Shaka International Airport · Durban · 515 km from HLA
large airport · Africa/Johannesburg · south-africa · 295 ft (90 m) · -29.6144, 31.1197
5. ELS FAEL
King Phalo Airport · East London · 789 km from HLA
large airport · Africa/Johannesburg · south-africa · 435 ft (133 m) · -33.0356, 27.8259
6. PLZ FAPE
Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport · Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) · 922 km from HLA
large airport · Africa/Johannesburg · south-africa · 226 ft (69 m) · -33.9897, 25.6174
Country and authority
HLA sits in South Africa (Republic of South Africa), whose capital is Pretoria. South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) is the national civil-aviation authority we name for regulator context. Country context: Africa, Southern Africa.
Traveler context
Common country-language signals: Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Northern Sotho. Currency context: ZAR (R). HLA is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Reference description
Secondary airport serving Johannesburg, South Africa. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Source-specific cues
Location cue: Lanseria International Airport is a privately owned international airport that is situated north of Randburg and Sandton to the northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Entity fingerprint
Wikidata airport entity: Q2163819 · Lanseria International Airport. Administrative area: Gauteng. Entity official-site cross-check: lanseria.co.za
Field and clock profile
Lanseria International Airport is a high-elevation field at 4,517 ft (1,377 m), positioned at 25.9390° S, 27.9266° E in the Southern subtropics. The runway snapshot lists 1 runway and a longest runway of 9,996 ft / 3,047 m. The airport clock uses Africa/Johannesburg (SAST, UTC+02:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
City and airport alternatives
Diepsloot is the closest retained city-time anchor at 8.6 km. JNB Johannesburg is the closest retained airport alternative at 39 km.
Country airport peers
HLA is compared with JNB Johannesburg at 39 km, PTG Polokwane at 279 km, BFN Bloemfontein at 386 km, DUR Durban at 515 km, ELS East London at 789 km inside the retained South Africa airport set, which is useful when backup airports share the same country context but differ by city, route network, and clock behavior.
Route geometry
HLA-PTG Polokwane: 279 km, about 1h 11m, +0h. HLA-BFN Bloemfontein: 386 km, about 1h 19m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident FALA backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. landseria.co.za is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-21.
Operational Profile
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
1 runway · longest 9,996 ft / 3,047 m
Runway identifiers
07/25
OurAirports classifies HLA as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Johannesburg.
HLA (FALA) is a high-elevation field at 4,517 ft (1,377 m) in the subtropics, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
HLA sits in a broader regional network with 3 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
HLA's runway record lists 1 runway, with the longest runway at 9,996 ft / 3,047 m and source surfaces recorded as asphalt.
Civil aviation oversight for HLA runs through South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA); a more specific operator record is not currently in our source set.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at landseria.co.za, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
Decision matrix for HLA
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
When the clock matters
HLA uses Africa/Johannesburg (SAST, UTC+02:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
Lanseria International Airport is about 32 km from central Johannesburg; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
JNB Johannesburg is the closest retained alternate at 39 km, time difference +0h.
When source checks matter
landseria.co.za is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
How this airport compares nearby
These comparisons place HLA inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
HLA ranks #5 in the curated South Africa airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 8 airports.
Same-zone airport cohort
HLA shares Africa/Johannesburg with BFN Bloemfontein ZA · CPT Cape Town ZA · DUR Durban ZA · ELS East London ZA · JNB Johannesburg ZA · PLZ Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) ZA. This helps separate same-clock airports by city, country, code, and geography.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
HLA is 4,517 ft (1,377 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include CUU 4,462 ft (1,360 m) (55 ft delta) · TBZ 4,459 ft (1,359 m) (58 ft delta) · BFN 4,457 ft (1,358 m) (60 ft delta) · RNO 4,415 ft (1,346 m) (102 ft delta) · KTM 4,390 ft (1,338 m) (127 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
HLA's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are JNB 39 km +0h · PTG 279 km +0h · BFN 386 km +0h.
Flight Path Arc
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Arriving From / Departing To
| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polokwane | PTG | 279 km | 1h 11m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Bloemfontein | BFN | 386 km | 1h 19m | +0h | --:--:-- |
HLA to PTG
Polokwane
Distance 279 km; estimated travel window 1h 11m; destination zone Africa/Johannesburg is +0h from HLA. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
HLA to BFN
Bloemfontein
Distance 386 km; estimated travel window 1h 19m; destination zone Africa/Johannesburg is +0h from HLA. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Airport Details
Timezone
Ground Transport and Nearby Context
The airport sits in the normal outer-ring range for a major metro gateway, so rail, shuttle coach, and ride-hail all matter when you judge the fastest arrival.
Johannesburg is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
Lanseria International Airport has 3 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Nearby city time anchors
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from HLA, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Diepsloot
diepsloot · 8.6 km · Africa/Johannesburg
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Randburg
randburg · 19 km · Africa/Johannesburg
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Midrand
midrand · 20 km · Africa/Johannesburg
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Krugersdorp
krugersdorp · 22 km · Africa/Johannesburg
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Hartbeespoort
hartbeespoort · 24 km · Africa/Johannesburg
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Alexandra
alexandra · 25 km · Africa/Johannesburg
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Roodepoort
roodepoort · 25 km · Africa/Johannesburg
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Midstream
midstream · 27 km · Africa/Johannesburg
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Centurion
centurion · 27 km · Africa/Johannesburg
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Ivory Park
ivory-park · 28 km · Africa/Johannesburg
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Thembisa
thembisa · 31 km · Africa/Johannesburg
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Bagale
bagale · 31 km · Africa/Johannesburg
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Airlines and Network Role
Lanseria International Airport does not have a long carrier list in the current source trail, so this page emphasizes the durable pieces travelers can safely use here: local time, field identifiers, nearby airports, and timezone differences.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Polokwane (PTG), Bloemfontein (BFN). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
- Traffic signal: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Terminal footprint: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Runway footprint: 1 runway; longest runway 9,996 ft / 3,047 m; identifiers 07/25.
- Runway surfaces: asphalt; 1 lighted runway in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Opened / inaugurated: 1974.
- Network role: mixed or not clearly stated in the source trail.
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from HLA. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
O.R. Tambo International AirportJNB
Johannesburg · large airport
- Distance
- 39 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 5,558 ft (1,694 m)
Compare against JNB when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Polokwane International AirportPTG
Polokwane · large airport
- Distance
- 279 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 4,076 ft (1,242 m)
Compare against PTG when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · large airport
- Distance
- 386 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 4,457 ft (1,358 m)
Compare against BFN when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Companion Planning Tools
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is Lanseria International Airport (HLA) in?▾
Lanseria International Airport is in the Africa/Johannesburg timezone (UTC+02:00, SAST).
What are the codes for Lanseria International Airport?▾
Lanseria International Airport uses IATA code HLA and ICAO code FALA.
Where is Lanseria International Airport located?▾
Lanseria International Airport is located in Johannesburg, South Africa at coordinates 25.9390° S, 27.9266° E, with an elevation of 4,517 ft (1,377 m) (high-elevation field in the subtropics).
How far is Lanseria International Airport from central Johannesburg?▾
Lanseria International Airport sits roughly 32 km from the nearest mapped city center for Johannesburg.
Which route reference is most useful from HLA?▾
Polokwane (PTG) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 11m, destination timezone Africa/Johannesburg, and a +0h difference from HLA.
Which authority regulates HLA?▾
Lanseria International Airport sits inside South Africa, where civil aviation oversight is led by the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA).
What other airports in South Africa are close peers to HLA?▾
HLA's curated peers in South Africa on this site include JNB Johannesburg, PTG Polokwane, BFN Bloemfontein, plus 3 more.
How many runways does Lanseria International Airport have?▾
Lanseria International Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 1 runway, with the longest runway recorded at 9,996 ft / 3,047 m; identifiers include 07/25.