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Bram Fischer International Airport

Coordinates: 29°05′38″S 26°18′14″E / 29.09389°S 26.30389°E / -29.09389; 26.30389
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Bram Fischer International Airport
Bram Fischer Internasionale Lughawe (Afrikaans)
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OperatorACSA
South African Air Force
LocationBloemfontein, Free State, South Africa
Focus city forCemAir
Elevation AMSL4,457 ft / 1,358 m
Coordinates29°05′38″S 26°18′14″E / 29.09389°S 26.30389°E / -29.09389; 26.30389
Websiteairports.co.za/airports/bram-fischer
Map
BFN is located in Free State (South African province)
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Location in the Free State
BFN is located in South Africa
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BFN (South Africa)
BFN is located in Africa
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Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
02/20 2,559 8,395 Asphalt
12/30 2,195 7,201 Asphalt
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.

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

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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

Airlines and destinations

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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

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Annual passenger traffic at BFN airport. See Wikidata query.
Annual passenger traffic [10]
Year Passengers % Change
2006 305,701 Increase23.8%
2007 424,924 Increase39.0%
2008 411,683 Decrease3.1%
2009 399,666 Decrease2.9%
2010 403,766 Increase1.0%
2011 437,996 Increase8.5%
2012 426,420 Decrease2.6%
2013 380,284 Decrease10.8%
2014 367,635 Decrease3.3%
2015 386,865 Increase5.2%
2016 396,280 Increase2.4%
2017 402,452 Increase1.6%
2018 355,052 Decrease11.8%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Bloemfontein Airport Archived 20 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine - official site
  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).
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "shine2010.co.za". www.shine2010.co.za. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Airlink Schedules Durban – Bloemfontein Service From late-Feb 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  7. ^ flycemair.co.za
  8. ^ "CemAir / Bloemfontein".
  9. ^ "New SA route alert: FlySafair launches flights between Bloemfontein and Cape Town".
  10. ^ "ACSA Passenger Statistics". Airports Company South Africa. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
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