Technical > Projects > Cape Town International Airport

CTIA currently handles over 4 million passengers per annum (mppa) on a single runway. The master plan foresees an increase to 19 mppa over the next 20 years (up to 2015) on a single runway and a further increase to 25 mppa in 2025 which would require dual parallel runways. CTIA also plans to develop the remainder of the land around the airport for non-aeronautical purposed such as industrial and commercial. These developments will add additional strain to the current road network (¦20 000 vehicle trips in the PM peak hour).

To evaluate to impacts of all these developments a CONTRAM model was used to assign the expected future demand to the road network. The model was calibrated as a sub-model of the existing Metropolitan Emme/2 model as maintained by the City of Cape Town.

Consultant : BKS Inc (South Africa), www.bks.co.za
Client : Airports Company South Africa (ACSA)