Rand Airport air charter operators, flying schools and a number of aircraft maintenance organisations, as well other aviation-related enterprises. Charter operator Phoebus Apollo Aviation has its headquarters at Rand; the airport is also home to the Flying Lions Aerobatic Team. South African Airways donated a Boeing 747-200 and a Boeing 747SP to the South African Airways Museum Society which are on display at the airport. The airport also hosts an annual air show. There are no scheduled operations from the airport. Rand Airport is notorious for its hot and high conditions and relatively short runways. Situated at an altitude of above sea
Rand McNally Rand McNally map, created using a new cost-saving wax engraving method, appeared in the December 1872 edition of its "Railroad Guide". Rand McNally became an incorporated business in 1873, with Rand as its president and McNally as vice president. The "Business Atlas", containing maps and data pertinent to business planning, was first published in 1876. The atlas is still updated today, now titled the "Commercial Atlas & Marketing Guide". The Trade Book department was established in 1877, publishing such titles as "The Locust Plague in the United States". Rand McNally began publishing educational maps in 1880 with its first line