An Aerotropolis is a city that is built around an airport offering its businesses speedy connectivity to their suppliers, customers and enterprise partners both nationally and internationally. It is a new urban format currently developing around many large airports.

The Aerotropolis project is one of the flagship projects of the City of Ekurhuleni, which is poised to become the first Aerotropolis in Africa. The Aerotropolis Project Office's framework is as follows:

• Development of the Ekurhuleni Aerotropolis Master Plan;
• Co-ordination and streamlining of spatial planning and land use management instruments – such as the Municipal Spatial Development Framework and Regional Spatial Development Framework;
• Alignment of all other related master plans (ie those of other state entities such as Sanral, ACSA, IRPTN, CIPR, Aerotropolis);
• Mobilization and co-ordination of air and bulk cargo movements;
• Development of Ekurhuleni Aerotropolis Value Proposition and Brand Positioning; and
• Stakeholder mobilization and engagement.