Bram Fischer International Airport

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Bram Fischer International Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
Operator ACSA
South African Air Force
Location Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa
Focus city for CemAir
Elevation  AMSL 4,457 ft / 1,358 m
Coordinates 29°05′38″S26°18′14″E / 29.09389°S 26.30389°E / -29.09389; 26.30389
Website airports.co.za/airports/bram-fischer
Map
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BFN
Location in the Free State
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BFN
BFN (South Africa)
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BFN (Africa)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
02/202,5598,395 Asphalt
12/302,1957,201Asphalt
Statistics (Jan-Dec 2019)
Passenger traffic365,189
Sources: Airport web site [1] and DAFIF [2] [3]

Bram Fischer International Airport( IATA : BFN, ICAO : FABL) (Afrikaans : Bram Fischer Internasionale Lughawe) is a primary airport located in Bloemfontein, the capital city of the Free State province of South Africa. The runways are shared with AFB Bloemspruit.

Contents

In November 2012, the South African government announced that the airport's name was to be changed to Bram Fischer International Airport; the official renaming was performed by Pres. Jacob Zuma on Thursday, 13 December 2012. [4]

Facilities

The main terminal building is used for both international and domestic flights. In 2017, the airport served 402,452 passengers. Bloemfontein airport, like many others in South Africa, underwent R46 million's worth of construction and upgrading of the whole airport in preparation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. [5]

Braam Fischer International Airport Gate 2 Braam Fischer International Airport 2.jpg
Braam Fischer International Airport Gate 2

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Airlink Cape Town, Durban, [6] Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo
CemAir Durban, [7] George,[ citation needed ] Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo [8]
FlySafair Cape Town, [9] Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo

Traffic statistics

Annual passenger traffic at BFN airport. See Wikidata query.
Annual passenger traffic [10]
YearPassengers % Change
2006305,701Increase2.svg23.8%
2007424,924Increase2.svg39.0%
2008411,683Decrease2.svg3.1%
2009399,666Decrease2.svg2.9%
2010403,766Increase2.svg1.0%
2011437,996Increase2.svg8.5%
2012426,420Decrease2.svg2.6%
2013380,284Decrease2.svg10.8%
2014367,635Decrease2.svg3.3%
2015386,865Increase2.svg5.2%
2016396,280Increase2.svg2.4%
2017402,452Increase2.svg1.6%
2018355,052Decrease2.svg11.8%

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References

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  2. "Airport information for FABL". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  3. Airport information for BFN at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF  (effective October 2006).
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