Bram Fischer International Airport

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
Websitesa-airports.co.za/bram-fischer-airport
Maps
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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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
02/20 2,563 8,409 Asphalt
12/30 2,194 7,198 Asphalt
Statistics (FY 2025–26)
Passenger traffic431,359
Aircraft movements11,623
Sources:DAFIF[1][2]

Bram Fischer International Airport (IATA: BFN, ICAO: FABL) (Afrikaans: Bram Fischer Internasionale Lughawe) is an airport serving Bloemfontein, the capital city of the Free State province of South Africa. The runways are shared with AFB Bloemspruit.

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.[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

The main terminal building is used for both international and domestic flights.

Bram Fischer International Airport Gate 2

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
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
Destinations Map

Statistics

Annual passenger and aircraft statistics
Fiscal year
(Apr–Mar) 		Aircraft movements Passenger traffic
2006–07
no data
305,701(Increase23.8%)
2007–08
no data
424,924(Increase39.0%)
2008–09
no data
411,683(Decrease3.1%)
2009–10
22,390
399,666(Decrease2.9%)
2010–11
18,821(Decrease15.9%)
403,766(Increase1.0%)
2011–12
20,088(Increase6.7%)
437,996(Increase8.5%)
2012–13
17,515(Decrease12.8%)
411,655(Decrease6.0%)
2013–14
14,066(Decrease19.7%)
382,155(Decrease7.2%)
2014–15
16,702(Increase18.7%)
363,895(Decrease4.8%)
2015–16
17,359(Increase3.9%)
393,471(Increase8.1%)
2016–17
17,945(Increase3.4%)
395,452(Increase0.5%)
2017–18
19,665(Increase9.6%)
396,725(Increase0.3%)
2018–19
18,618(Decrease5.3%)
355,052(Decrease10.5%)
2019–20
17,421(Decrease6.4%)
357,391(Increase0.7%)
2020–21
10,554(Decrease39.4%)
73,071(Decrease79.6%)
2021–22
12,420(Increase17.7%)
204,692(Increase180.1%)
2022–23
13,725(Increase10.5%)
318,135(Increase55.4%)
2023–24
12,478(Decrease9.1%)
346,373(Increase8.9%)
2024–25
12,192(Decrease2.3%)
387,009(Increase11.7%)
2025–26
11,623(Decrease4.7%)
431,359(Increase11.5%)

Source: ACSA[9][10][11][12][13]

See also

  • List of airports in South Africa
  • List of South African airports by passenger movements

References

  1. ^ FABL aeronautical-chart (PDF)
  2. ^ "Airport information for BFN". DAFIF. October 2006 – via Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ^ "About the Airport". www.airports.co.za. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  4. ^ "shine2010.co.za". www.shine2010.co.za. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Airlink Schedules Durban – Bloemfontein Service From late-Feb 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  7. ^ "CemAir Bloemfontein Destinations".
  8. ^ "New SA route alert: FlySafair launches flights between Bloemfontein and Cape Town".
  9. ^ "ACSA Passenger Statistics". Airports Company South Africa. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  10. ^ BFN Passenger Stats (PDF)
  11. ^ "BFN aircraft 2014" (PDF).
  12. ^ "BFN AS" (PDF).
  13. ^ "BFN PS" (PDF).

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