Air Force Base Bloemspruit

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AFB Bloemspruit

Air Force Base Bloemspruit
Summary
Airport typePublic / military
Operator South African Air Force
ACSA
Location Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa
Elevation  AMSL 4,458 ft / 1,359 m
Coordinates 29°06′00″S26°18′25″E / 29.10000°S 26.30694°E / -29.10000; 26.30694
Website www.af.mil.za/bases/afb_bloemspruit/
Map
South Africa Free State location map.svg
Airplane silhouette.svg
FABL
Location in the Free State
Air Force Base Bloemspruit
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
02/202,5598,396Asphalt
12/302,1957,202Asphalt
Co-located with Bloemfontein Airport

AFB Bloemspruit is an airbase of the South African Air Force. It is co-located with Bloemfontein Airport ( ICAO : FABL), [1] and shares the airfield.

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The base motto is Ex Unite Pax ("Peace Through Unity").

The unit is also responsible for maintaining the military airstrip at Vastrap, near Upington.

Units hosted

Aviation

References

  1. "Airport information for FABL". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.