A small domestic airport serving the South African city of East London is located 9 km west of the city centre in the Eastern Cape province.
Scheduled flights depart only from the airport Cape Town CPT and Johannesburg JNG, with occasional flights from smaller South African destinations. International services to East London only connect to Cape Town or Jo'burg.
The airport terminal is very small and it takes less than 5 minutes to walk from the entrance to the departure gate, even with security.
The local airport can serve as an alternative starting point for a road-trip along an extended version of the famous Garden Route.
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