O.R. Tambo (JNB) is Africa's busiest airport. We book long-haul arrivals media, corporate audiences and premium digital across terminals and arrivals halls. People are inside for a connection or a wait, long enough to read a screen in arrivals or a panel in the lounge. Tell us the dates and who you need to reach, and we will send formats and a price within 48 hours.
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O.R. Tambo concentrates long-haul arrivals, continental connectors and corporate travellers into South Africa's primary aviation hub.
We book terminal digital, arrivals halls and premium formats with clear specs, lead times and campaign management from booking to live reporting.
million passengers / year
airlines
South Africa's commercial life concentrates in Johannesburg and the visitor economy in Cape Town, with about 63 million people across the country. English is the language of business beside several official languages. Mining, finance, retail, telecommunications and tourism still shape who is on the road. Minibus taxis, private cars and highway corridors put a large share of daily movement outdoors, which is why billboards and roadside digital remain part of how brands are seen. Township, suburban and CBD audiences can all be planned if the map is honest. Outdoor works here because so much of public life still happens on the street and on the road.
O.R. Tambo is Africa's busiest airport and Johannesburg's door to the rest of the continent and the long-haul map. It handles about 21.2 million passengers a year, 220,900 flights and cargo on a 650,000-tonne capacity. Forty-one airlines operate here. For any brand that needs Africa's commercial capital, this is still the airport that concentrates that audience. The mix is domestic trunk routes, regional African connections and intercontinental services to Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas.
Business traffic is a real share of what you see in the international terminal, alongside visiting friends and family, and inbound tourism that often starts in Johannesburg even when the holiday ends in the Cape. Arrivals, concourses and premium areas can be planned against those flows rather than bought as a single campus. Digital screens and reclaim environments work when they are timed to long-haul banks. Domestic holds work when the brief is South Africa itself.
We book terminal media with a clear view of which journeys you are paying for. A South Africa plan often needs both this hub and the leisure door at Cape Town International, because the two airports do not carry the same audience even when the brand is national.
If the same work needs to follow travellers into the city, city-side work can continue into OOH in Johannesburg without splitting the brief across two teams. Most brands start at O.R. Tambo because this is where African connecting and commercial traffic still gathers.
21.2 Million
Annual Passengers
O.R. Tambo handles about 21.18 million passengers a year, Africa's busiest total.
41
Airlines
Forty-one airlines operate scheduled services through Johannesburg's hub.
220,900
Annual Flights
The airport recorded about 220,934 air traffic movements.
650,000 t
Cargo Capacity
Annual cargo capacity is 650,000 tonnes, a major freight as well as passenger role.
Africa's No. 1
Busiest Airport
JNB remains the continent's primary intercontinental and regional interchange.
Twelve proven airport advertising formats at O.R. Tambo International Airport. Each placement is planned around how passengers move through JNB, with clear specs, availability and production handled by our team.
Format
Digital Billboards
Placement
Large-format LED sites across arrivals halls, landside forecourts and premium concourses at O.R. Tambo International Airport. Digital billboards give your brand the scale of classic outdoor with the flexibility to rotate creative by daypart, flight bank or campaign flight. Ideal for launches and always-on presence among travellers moving through JNB.
Format
Digital Screens
Placement
Networked LCD and LED screens throughout check-in, security queues, airside walkways and gate areas at O.R. Tambo International Airport. Digital screens keep your message in the passenger line of sight as people wait, walk and dwell, with creative that can update in real time against the live schedule at JNB.
Format
Static Billboards
Placement
High-impact printed spectaculars and fixed frames in the highest-visibility zones of O.R. Tambo International Airport. Static billboards deliver uninterrupted brand presence for the full booking period, with production managed end to end so your creative lands cleanly in front of Johannesburg's inbound and outbound traffic.
Format
In Flight Advertising
Placement
Onboard media linked to routes operating through O.R. Tambo International Airport, from seatback and tray-table placements to cabin branding where available. In flight advertising extends your airport plan into the journey itself, reaching travellers already committed to flying via JNB.
Format
Baggage Trolley
Placement
Branded trolley advertising across landside and airside circulation at O.R. Tambo International Airport. Baggage trolleys move with the passenger from kerbside to reclaim, delivering repeated exposures among arrivals and departures at JNB without competing for wall inventory.
Format
Plane Wrap
Placement
Full or partial aircraft livery programmes associated with operators and partners at O.R. Tambo International Airport. A plane wrap turns the aircraft into a moving outdoor site on the apron and at the gate, giving your brand unmistakable presence wherever that aircraft is seen around JNB.
Format
Jet Bridge
Placement
Branding along the passenger boarding bridge at O.R. Tambo International Airport, covering walls, floors and glazed panels where the format allows. Jet bridge media owns the final high-dwell minutes before boarding, when travellers are focused, stationary and primed to notice at JNB.
Format
Baggage Reclaim Screens
Placement
Digital screens facing the carousel belts in baggage reclaim at O.R. Tambo International Airport. This is one of the longest captive dwell moments in the airport journey. Your creative runs while passengers wait for luggage, delivering sustained attention among fresh arrivals into Johannesburg.
Format
Floor Graphics
Placement
Floor-applied creative along primary walking routes, security exits and arrivals corridors at O.R. Tambo International Airport. Floor graphics guide the eye at pedestrian level and reinforce brand presence through the natural flow of passenger movement across JNB.
Format
Escalator and Lift Branding
Placement
Branding on escalator cheek panels, handrails, steps and lift interiors at O.R. Tambo International Airport. Escalator and lift media interrupt vertical movement with unavoidable close-range visibility, ideal for products and messages that need to land as travellers change levels inside JNB.
Format
Pillar and Column Wraps
Placement
Full wraps around structural pillars and columns in check-in halls, retail zones and airside plazas at O.R. Tambo International Airport. Pillar and column wraps create 360-degree brand architecture in the middle of passenger flow, turning fixed structure into a permanent-feeling media site at JNB.
Format
Airport Transport
Placement
Branding across airport shuttles, taxis and parking structures serving O.R. Tambo International Airport. Airport transport media follows the passenger beyond the terminal, covering the last mile into Johannesburg and the return journey, so your campaign stays visible after travellers leave JNB.
We help your brand go big, without overpaying or waiting weeks for quotes. From quoting, planning, booking, municipal approvals, production and installation, we handle it all under one roof.
The traffic exists every single day, at volumes few outdoor formats can match. Move from this gateway to the next without rebuilding your brief.
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Digital screens, digital billboards, gate and concourse takeovers, arrivals hall media and premium lounge networks. We share format-ready specs before your campaign goes live.
Your audience is the live passenger mix at JNB: inbound and outbound travellers, connectors where relevant, and high-intent visitors moving through arrivals, departures and lounges.
We recommend securing dates several weeks ahead, especially around peak travel seasons, major events and flagship launches. Peak inventory moves quickly at JNB.
Yes. From creative review to scheduling and live reporting, we manage the process end to end so your campaign runs smoothly at O.R. Tambo International Airport.
Pricing depends on format, duration and seasonality. We build transparent options against your brief and confirm availability before you commit.
Tell us the markets, the audience and the objective. Our specialists will build the plan and manage the campaign from briefing through to delivery.
Tell us the markets, the audience and the objective. Our specialist will come back with recommended formats, availability and next steps within 48 hours.
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