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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Bloemfontein Airport

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.

Facilities

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.

Braam Fischer International Airport Gate 2

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Airlink Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo
CemAir Durban, George, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo
FlySafair Cape Town, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo

Traffic statistics

Annual passenger traffic at BFN airport. See Wikidata query.
Annual passenger traffic
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