Bram Fischer International Airport
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| Summary | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | sa-airports | ||||||||||||||
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  BFN Location in the Free State  BFN BFN (South Africa)  BFN BFN (Africa) | |||||||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||||||
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| Statistics (April 2024 – March 2025) | |||||||||||||||
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| 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.
History
[edit]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
[edit]The main terminal building is used for both international and domestic flights.
Airlines and destinations
[edit]| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| 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
[edit]| Year | Aircraft | % Change | Passengers | % Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–07 | no data | – | 305,701 |  23.8%
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| 2007–08 | no data | – | 424,924 | 39.0%
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| 2008–09 | no data | – | 411,683 |  3.1%
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| 2009–10 | no data | – | 399,666 | 2.9%
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| 2010–11 | no data | – | 403,766 | 1.0%
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| 2011–12 | no data | – | 437,996 | 8.5%
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| 2012–13 | 17,515 | – | 411,655 | 6.0%
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| 2013–14 | 14,066 | 19.7%
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382,155 | 7.2%
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| 2014–15 | 16,702 | 18.7%
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363,895 | 4.8%
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| 2015–16 | 17,359 | 3.9%
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393,471 | 8.1%
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| 2016–17 | 17,945 | 3.4%
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395,452 | 0.5%
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| 2017–18 | 19,665 | 9.6%
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396,725 | 0.3%
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| 2018–19 | 18,618 | 5.3%
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355,052 | 10.5%
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| 2019–20 | 17,421 | 6.4%
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357,391 | 0.7%
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| 2020–21 | 10,554 | 39.4%
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73,071 | 79.6%
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| 2021–22 | 12,420 | 17.7%
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204,692 | 180.1%
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| 2022–23 | 13,725 | 10.5%
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318,135 | 55.4%
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| 2023–24 | 12,478 | 9.1%
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346,373 | 8.9%
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| 2024–25 | 12,192 | 2.3%
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387,009 | 11.7%
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ FABL aeronautical-chart (PDF)
- ^ Airport information for BFN at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ "About the Airport". www.airports.co.za. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ^ "shine2010.co.za". www.shine2010.co.za. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Airlink Schedules Durban – Bloemfontein Service From late-Feb 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ "CemAir Bloemfontein Destinations".
- ^ "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.
- ^ BFN Passenger Stats (PDF)
- ^ "BFN 25 AS" (PDF).
- ^ "BFN 25 PS" (PDF).
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". NOAA/NWS.
- Accident history for BFN at Aviation Safety Network
