|
INCREASE IN VARIOUS AIRCRAFT TYPES |
||
|
AIRCRAFT TYPE |
1 April 1995 |
1 April 1996 |
|
PISTON ENGINES |
2 941 |
3 000 |
|
TURBOPROP |
251 |
268 |
|
TURBO JET |
123 |
137 |
|
HELICOPTERS |
376 |
410 |
|
Sub-total |
3 691 |
3 815 |
| LS/1 AIRCRAFT | ||
|
Gliders |
281 |
284 |
|
Motorised Gliders |
48 |
49 |
|
Aeroplanes |
348 |
369 |
|
Helicopters |
50 |
52 |
|
Gyrocopters |
34 |
40 |
|
Microlight |
1 311 |
1 401 |
|
Gyro Gliders |
1 |
1 |
|
Turbo Jet aeroplane |
1 |
2 |
|
Research |
5 |
5 |
|
Limited aircraft |
61 |
79 |
|
Hot air balloons |
60 |
64 |
|
Veteran 1 engine |
78 |
84 |
|
Paraplanes |
14 |
14 |
|
TOTAL AIRCRAFT |
5 983 |
6 259 |
Aviation Statistics
1. Aircraft movements and passengers and the amount of freight handles
at state airports during the years 1991/92 to 1995/96
1.1 Total number of aircraft movements landings and take-offs)
|
AIRPORT |
1991/1992 |
1992/1993 |
1993/1994 |
1994/1995 |
1995/1996 |
INCREASE/DECREASE |
| Johannesburg |
71 732 |
80 824 |
83 187 |
86 204 |
98 143 |
+13,8% |
| Cape Town |
44 192 |
51 155 |
51 496 |
47 564 |
60 812 |
+27,9% |
| Durban |
30 010 |
35 767 |
40 449 |
29 221 |
31 698 |
+8,5% |
| Port Elizabeth |
34 165 |
37 676 |
42 476 |
42 033 |
38 499 |
-8,4% |
| East London |
18 903 |
17 615 |
18 247 |
20 096 |
19 946 |
-0,7% |
| Bloemfontein |
43 276 |
31 433 |
27 421 |
13 029 |
14 213 |
+9,1% |
| Kimberley |
9 837 |
8448 |
9 860 |
9 567 |
9 400 |
-1,7% |
| Upington |
7 100 |
6 250 |
5 295 |
5 029 |
5 827 |
+15,9% |
| George |
26 434 |
20 828 |
20 095 |
12 305 |
6 788 |
-44,8% |
| TOTAL |
285 289 |
290 006 |
298 526 |
265 048 |
285 326 |
+7,7% |
1.2 Total number of aircraft movements (landings and takeoffs) on international flights
|
AIRPORT |
1991/1992 |
1992/1993 |
1993/1994 |
1994/1995 |
1995/1996 |
INCREASE/DECREASE |
| Johannesburg |
22 824 |
29 382 |
31 191 |
28 456 |
31 809 |
+11,8% |
| Durban |
2 498 |
2 258 |
2 249 |
1 838 |
2 016 |
+9,7% |
| Cape Town |
2 109 |
2 088 |
3 013 |
3 030 |
3 612 |
+19,2% |
| Bloemfontein |
162 |
22 |
129 |
2 |
5 |
+150,0% |
| TOTAL |
27 593 |
33 750 |
36 582 |
33 326 |
37 442 |
+12,3% |
1.3 Total number of passengers (excluding those in transit), in hundreds
|
AIRPORT |
1991/1992 |
1992/1993 |
1993/1994 |
1994/1995 |
1995/1996 |
INCREASE/DECREASE |
| Johannesburg |
54 602 |
60 937 |
64 079 |
67 457 |
77 313 |
+14,6% |
| Cape Town |
22 034 |
24 747 |
26 205 |
29 286 |
35 157 |
+20 ,00% |
| Durban |
17 112 |
18 600 |
19 148 |
18 788 |
21 306 |
+13 ,4% |
| Port Elizabeth |
6 363 |
6 757 |
6 464 |
6 336 |
7 171 |
+13,2% |
| East London |
3 022 |
3 168 |
3 179 |
2 578 |
3 597 |
+39,5% |
| Bloemfontein |
1 970 |
2 004 |
2 045 |
2 086 |
2 210 |
+6,0% |
| Kimberley |
913 |
847 |
815 |
692 |
779 |
+12,6% |
| Upington |
324 |
277 |
267 |
214 |
191 |
-10,7% |
| George |
2 835 |
2 899 |
2 899 |
1 857 |
1 921 |
+3,4% |
| TOTAL |
109 175 |
120 236 |
125 101 |
129 294 |
149 645 |
+15,7% |
1.4 Total number of passengers on international flights in hundreds.
|
AIRPORT |
1991/1992 |
1992/1993 |
1993/1994 |
1994/1995 |
1995/1996 |
INCREASE/DECREASE |
| Johannesburg |
20 350 |
24 541 |
27 625 |
29 160 |
32 703 |
+12,2% |
| Durban |
944 |
1 061 |
1 474 |
1 445 |
1 574 |
+8,9% |
| Cape Town |
1 357 |
1 975 |
2 952 |
4 290 |
5 904 |
+37,6% |
| Bloemfontein |
1 |
1 |
1 |
- |
69 |
+69,0% |
| TOTAL |
22 652 |
27 5780 |
32 052 |
34 895 |
40 250 |
+15,3% |
2. Number of aircraft movements and passengers handled at certain non-state airports during the 1991/1992 to 1995/1996 financial years.
2.1 Total number of aircraft movements (landings and take-offs).
|
AIRPORT |
1991/1992 |
1992/1993 |
1993/1994 |
1994/1995 |
1995/1996 |
INCREASE/DECREASE |
| Nelspruit |
- |
- |
- |
19 999 |
17 680 |
-11,6% |
| Pietermaritzburg |
- |
- |
23 746 |
15 384 |
12 364 |
-19,6% |
| Rand Airport (Germiston) |
99 343 |
88 234 |
84 307 |
41 179 |
25 100 |
-39,0% |
| Wonderboom (Pretoria) |
85 104 |
60 594 |
58 058 |
31 801 |
21 649 |
-31,9% |
| Virginia (Durban) |
56 321 |
45 650 |
48 854 |
22 474 |
15 598 |
-30,6% |
| Welkom |
7 216 |
6 637 |
6 399 |
3 336 |
2 952 |
-11,5% |
| Phalaborwa |
4 399 |
4 847 |
3 746 |
5 643 |
3 289 |
-41,7% |
| Alexander Bay |
3 021 |
3 460 |
2 872 |
2 812 |
3 120 |
+10,9% |
| Lanseria |
102 809 |
85 959 |
88 718 |
63 076 |
43 079 |
-31,7% |
| TOTAL |
358 213 |
295 381 |
316 700 |
205 704 |
144 831 |
-29,6% |
3. Synopsis of the number of air service operators (for the periods 1991/92 to 1995/96) + detailsof operations performed under licences issued in terms of Act 60 of 1993 and Act 115 of 1990
3.1 Scheduled air services
|
YEAR |
NUMBER OF |
AIRCRAFT |
AIRCRAFT KILOMETERS |
PASSENGERS CARRIED |
FREIGHT IN KILOGRAMS |
|
1991/92 |
14 |
28 189 |
10 715 |
430 659 |
6 349 |
| 1992/93 Domestic |
17 |
42 493 |
37 449 |
3 335 481 |
37 596 |
| International |
9 |
9 349 |
4 326 |
360 791 |
1 648 |
| 1993/94 Domestic |
18 |
61 831 |
52 493 |
4 461 141 |
50 837 |
| International |
11 |
17 461 |
48 205 |
1 253 374 |
35 089 |
| 1994/95 Domestic |
18 |
74 914 |
51 676 |
4 436 638 |
49 311 |
| International |
10 |
11 899 |
44 826 |
1 266 234 |
23 130 |
| 1995/96 Domestic |
18 |
93 037 |
64 222 |
5 495 836 |
44 295 |
| International |
5 |
12 825 |
51 493 |
1 552 484 |
22 648 |
3.2 Non-scheduled air services.
|
YEAR |
NUMBER OF OPERATORS |
NUMBER |
AIRCRAFT HOURS |
AIRCRAFT KILOMETERS |
PASSENGERS CARRIED |
FREIGHT IN KILOGRAMS |
|
1991/92 |
145 |
57 660 |
85 290 |
29 227 |
3 788 |
21 556 |
| 1992/93 Domestic |
114 |
24 228 |
37 403 |
11 504 |
1 465 |
12 677 |
| International |
121 |
25 444 |
41 480 |
30 484 |
1 930 |
12 934 |
| 1993/94 Domestic |
122 |
33 072 |
48 726 |
13 264 |
1 752 |
3 596 |
| International |
104 |
19 248 |
35 491 |
14 336 |
883 |
11 062 |
| 1994/95 Domestic |
138 |
34 136 |
54 239 |
15 058 |
1 698 |
3 315 |
| International |
99 |
19 683 |
40 057 |
17 268 |
1 626 |
16 416 |
| 1995/96 Domestic |
148 |
40 564 |
65 645 |
17 916 |
1 885 |
5 158 |
| International |
70 |
16 596 |
38 512 |
13 866 |
1 268 |
22 841 |
3.3 Aerial Work
| NO. OF OPERATORS |
1991/1992 |
1992/1993 |
1993/1994* |
1994/1995* |
1995/1996* |
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|
83 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
||||||
| Type of Operation |
Flights | Hours | Flights | Hours | Flights | Hours | Flights | Hours | Flights | Hours |
| Aerial photography (a)Mapping |
911 |
2 265 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Aerial photography (b)Non-mapping |
2 553 |
4 817 |
25 |
60 |
1 |
2 |
13 |
26 |
11 |
41 |
| Aerial survey |
390 |
2 973 |
117 |
109 |
21 |
67 |
20 |
117 |
389 |
1 201 |
| Spraying and dusting |
50 283 |
19 657 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Advertising |
1 011 |
1 292 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
9 |
24 |
- |
- |
| Other |
6 395 |
5 811 |
634 |
473 |
23 |
68 |
103 |
341 |
49 |
71 |
| TOTAL |
65 054 |
36 815 |
776 |
642 |
45 |
137 |
145 |
508 |
449 |
1 314 |
| *International aerial work air service only. | ||||||||||
3.4 Aerial Work
| NO. OF OPERATORS |
1992/1993 |
1993/1994* |
1994/1995* |
1995/1996* |
||||
|
153 |
143 |
163 |
167 |
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| Type of Operations |
Flights | Hours | Flights | Hours | Flights | Hours | Flights | Hours |
| Acrobatic operations |
21 |
21 |
417 |
418 |
465 |
383 |
422 |
392 |
| Advertising operations |
985 |
1 130 |
584 |
889 |
752 |
988 |
936 |
1 273 |
| Aerial patrol survey |
3 010 |
4 263 |
5 147 |
5 923 |
4 797 |
7 731 |
5 364 |
8 599 |
| Aerial photography |
2 263 |
3 998 |
1 553 |
2 992 |
1 598 |
3 157 |
1 993 |
3 991 |
| Agricultural spraying |
55 057 |
21 459 |
62 929 |
23 203 |
52 860 |
19 241 |
63 632 |
23 917 |
| Cloud spraying |
109 |
146 |
150 |
160 |
221 |
268 |
340 |
285 |
| Emergency medical |
1 782 |
1 466 |
3 603 |
3 148 |
4 082 |
2 247 |
4 717 |
2 278 |
| Fire spotting and fighting |
2 584 |
2 534 |
1 531 |
1 605 |
2 182 |
2 626 |
1 872 |
2 104 |
| Game selection and culling |
773 |
1 829 |
2 179 |
3 297 |
2 174 |
3 119 |
1 215 |
1 559 |
| Parachute operations |
67 |
63 |
128 |
93 |
73 |
75 |
124 |
64 |
| Semi-acrobatic operations |
61 |
58 |
6 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spraying other than for agricultural purposes and clouds |
277 |
322 |
387 |
434 |
44 |
47 |
22 |
10 |
| Tug operations |
- |
- |
67 |
70 |
77 |
40 |
5 |
3 |
| Undersling and winching operations |
161 |
345 |
235 |
321 |
375 |
750 |
171 |
385 |
| Flying training |
73 101 |
79 525 |
83 720 |
92 459 |
91 633 |
99 709 |
88 781 |
101 468 |
| Other |
4 292 |
5 987 |
2 286 |
3 744 |
1 848 |
3 155 |
2 505 |
4 131 |
| TOTAL |
144 543 |
123 146 |
164 932 |
138 759 |
163 181 |
143 518 |
172 099 |
150 459 |