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Bram Fischer International Airport () is a primary airport located in
Bloemfontein Airport information
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Bloemfontein
Bloemfontein ( ; ), also known as Bloem, is the capital and the largest city of the Free State (province), Free State province in South Africa. It is often, and has been traditionally, referred to as the country's "judicial capital", alongsi ...
, the capital city of the Free State province of South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...
. The runways are shared with AFB Bloemspruit
AFB Bloemspruit is an airbase of the South African Air Force. It is co-located with Bloemfontein Airport , Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF. and shares the airfield.
The base motto is ''Ex Unite Pax'' ("Peace Through Unity"). ...
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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. Bloemfontein Airport, like many others inSouth Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...
, underwent R46 million's worth of construction and upgrading of the whole airport in preparation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national Association football, football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. ...
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In November 2012, the South African government announced that the airport's name was to be changed to Bram Fischer
Abraham Louis Fischer (23 April 19088 May 1975) was a South African Communist lawyer of Afrikaner descent with partial Anglo-African ancestry from his paternal grandmother, notable for anti-apartheid activism and for the legal defence of anti- ...
International Airport; the official renaming was performed by Pres. Jacob Zuma
Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (; born 12 April 1942) is a South African politician who served as the fourth president of South Africa from 2009 to 2018. He is also referred to by his initials JZ and clan names Nxamalala and Msholozi. Zuma was a for ...
on Thursday, 13 December 2012.
Facilities
The main terminal building is used for both international and domestic flights. In 2023, the airport served 346,373 passengers.
Airlines and destinations
Traffic statistics
See also
*List of airports in South Africa
This is a list of airports in South Africa, grouped by type and sorted by location.
Most of the largest airports are owned by the Airports Company of South Africa these include all the international airports except for Lanseria International A ...
* List of South African airports by passenger movements
The following is a list of South African airports by passenger movements.
Statistics
All information below is sourced from the annual statistics published by the Airports Company South Africa. Figures are between 1 April and 31 March the follow ...
References
External links
Bloemfontein Airport information
- Plane spotting, road transport, airlines... * * {{authority control Transport in the Free State (province) Airports in South Africa Buildings and structures in the Free State (province) Bloemfontein Airports established in 1961 1961 establishments in South Africa