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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| Airport type | Public / 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″S 26°18′14″E / 29.09389°S 26.30389°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | airports.co.za/airports/bram-fischer | ||||||||||||||
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  BFN Location in the Free State  BFN BFN (South Africa)  BFN BFN (Africa) | |||||||||||||||
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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 edit
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]
Airlines and destinations edit
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| 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 edit
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
| Year | Passengers | % Change |
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| 2006 | 305,701 |  23.8%
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| 2007 | 424,924 | 39.0%
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| 2008 | 411,683 |  3.1%
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| 2009 | 399,666 | 2.9%
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| 2010 | 403,766 | 1.0%
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| 2011 | 437,996 | 8.5%
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| 2012 | 426,420 | 2.6%
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| 2013 | 380,284 | 10.8%
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| 2014 | 367,635 | 3.3%
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| 2015 | 386,865 | 5.2%
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| 2016 | 396,280 | 2.4%
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| 2017 | 402,452 | 1.6%
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| 2018 | 355,052 | 11.8%
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ Bloemfontein Airport Archived 20 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine - official site
- ^ "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. - ^ Airport information for BFN at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ "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.
- ^ "shine2010.co.za". www.shine2010.co.za. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ "Airlink Schedules Durban – Bloemfontein Service From late-Feb 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ flycemair.co.za
- ^ "CemAir / Bloemfontein".
- ^ "New SA route alert: FlySafair launches flights between Bloemfontein and Cape Town".
- ^ "ACSA Passenger Statistics". Airports Company South Africa. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
External links edit
Media related to Bram Fischer International Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Bloemfontein Airport information - Plane spotting, road transport, airlines...
- Current weather for FABL at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for BFN at Aviation Safety Network
