Flights to Upington
UTN · Upington Airport
Upington Airport sits on the Orange River in the far Northern Cape and has one of the longest runways in the Southern Hemisphere, originally built as a Cold War emergency strip for heavy aircraft. Airlink flies daily from Johannesburg and Cape Town, serving a town that acts as the staging point for the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, the Augrabies Falls and the Orange River wine region. It is a low-volume airport dominated by business, mining and safari traffic.
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| Country | South Africa |
| Airport | Upington Airport |
| Best time to fly | March to May often gives the best balance between price and weather, while December is busiest. |
| Fly from | Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth |
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