Bram Fischer International Airport

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Bram Fischer International Airport
Bram Fischer Internasionale Lughawe (Afrikaans)
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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 www.airports.co.za/airports/bram-fischer-international-airport
Map
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BFN
Location in the Free State
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BFN
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Bram Fischer International Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
02/202,5638,409 Asphalt
12/302,1947,198Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passenger traffic346,373
Sources:DAFIF [1] [2]

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.

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History

The airport was opened in November 1961 and the runways were completed before the terminal buildings so that the South African Airforce could make use of them. [3]

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. [4]

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. [5]

Facilities

The main terminal building is used for both international and domestic flights. In 2023, the airport served 346,373 passengers.

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Braam Fischer International Airport Gate 2

Airlines and destinations

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

Traffic statistics

Annual passenger traffic at BFN airport. See Wikidata query.
Annual passenger traffic [9] [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%
2012411,655Decrease2.svg6.0%
2013382,155Decrease2.svg7.2%
2014363,895Decrease2.svg4.8%
2015393,471Increase2.svg8.1%
2016395,452Increase2.svg0.5%
2017396,725Increase2.svg0.3%
2018355,052Decrease2.svg10.5%
2019357,391Increase2.svg0.7%
202073,071Decrease2.svg79.6%
2021204,692Increase2.svg180.1%
2022318,135Increase2.svg55.4%
2023346,373Increase2.svg8.9%

See also

References

  1. FABL aeronautical-chart (PDF)
  2. Airport information for BFN at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF  (effective October 2006).
  3. "About the Airport". www.airports.co.za. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  4. "shine2010.co.za". www.shine2010.co.za. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  5. "SA: Statement by Free State Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation, Bloemfontein International Airport renamed Bram Fischer International Airport and Petrus Steyn renamed Mamafubedu (13/11/2012)". Polity.org.za. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  6. "Airlink Schedules Durban – Bloemfontein Service From late-Feb 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  7. "CemAir Bloemfontein Destinations".
  8. "New SA route alert: FlySafair launches flights between Bloemfontein and Cape Town".
  9. "ACSA Passenger Statistics". Airports Company South Africa. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  10. BFN Passenger Stats (PDF)

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