FIELDS AIRMOTIVE - RAND AIRPORT - JOHANNESBURG
FACILITY
& HISTORY
SIZE - HISTORY - AIRPORT
Rand Airport
Fields Airmotive is located at Rand Airport, which is a privately owned civil airport, located in Germiston, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality. The airport has Jet A1 and Avgas supply and accommodates air charter operators, numerous flight schools, a number of aircraft maintenance companies, pilot shops, all the main car hire companies and other aviation related businesses |
Rand Airport Details (FAGM) Longest Runway 5446ft (1660 X 15m) Asphalt Elevation AMSL 5,483 ft Coordinates 26°14′33″S 028°09′04″E |
so the team was made available to other aircraft operators. Thus APTL was created in 1935 with the decision to broaden the scope of APL to embrace technical representation of overseas aircraft and aeroengine manufactures in South Africa. World War II saw the staff join the South African Air Force and they reformed after the war in Rand Airport, where the company has remained ever since. Hunting family bought some shares in the AOC Company following the war.
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From a photo of Rand test cell in 1949 to today's students being given an insight to over 40 years experience from our propeller shop manager, Fields Airmotive continues the tradition with the company working closely with Rand's Airport aircraft apprenticeship school to pass on the knowledge of our staff to the next generation, through out of class room instruction and experience.
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