# Bram Fischer International Airport (BFN / FABL)

**Bram Fischer International Airport** (IATA: BFN, ICAO: FABL) is a large airport in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,559 m (8,396 ft). It is operated by Airports Company South Africa.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/fabl

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BFN / FABL
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Airports Company South Africa
- Serves: Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa
- Elevation: 1,359 m / 4,457 ft
- Coordinates: -29.0927, 26.3024
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,559 m / 8,396 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
- Website: http://www.airports.co.za/airports/bram-fischer
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Fischer_International_Airport (19 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q598282
- Weather station: FABL · WMO 68442
- Ident: FABL

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 2,559 m / 8,396 ft | 46 m / 151 ft | Asphalt | 360° / 180° | yes |
| 12/30 | 2,195 m / 7,202 ft | 46 m / 151 ft | Asphalt | 102° / 282° | yes |

## Routes

4 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [JNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faor.md) O.R. Tambo International Airport · South Africa · 380 km / 236 mi · FlySafair, CemAir, Airlink
- [DUR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fale.md) King Shaka International Airport · South Africa · 470 km / 292 mi · CemAir, Airlink
- [GRJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fagg.md) George Airport · South Africa · 661 km / 411 mi · CemAir
- [CPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fact.md) Cape Town International Airport · South Africa · 909 km / 565 mi · FlySafair, Airlink

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BFN, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (3)

- 4Z [Airlink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airlink) · 3
- 5Z [CemAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cemair) · 3
- FA [FlySafair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flysafair) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,559 m / 8,396 ft | #2,196 of 29,858 | #300 in Africa | #16 in ZA |
| Elevation | 1,359 m / 4,457 ft | =2,739 of 43,403 | #525 in Africa | #134 in ZA |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =24 in Africa | =13 in ZA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP EAST | 124.300 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 126.450 |
| TWR | TWR | 120.800 |
| APP | APP WEST | 119.400 |

## Nearby airports

- [ZA-0310](https://dromopedia.com/airports/za-0310.md) Valencia Private Airstrip · 21 km / 13 mi
- [ZA-0011](https://dromopedia.com/airports/za-0011.md) Brandfort Moreson Airport · 46 km / 29 mi
- [TCU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fatn.md) Thaba Nchu Tar Airport · 56 km / 35 mi
- [FAED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faed.md) Edenburg Airport · 83 km / 51 mi
- [UTE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fabu.md) Bultfontein Airport · 93 km / 58 mi
- [ZA-0010](https://dromopedia.com/airports/za-0010.md) Arbeitsgenot Airport · 99 km / 61 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Bram Fischer International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bram_Fischer_International_Airport&oldid=1363022211), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/fabl/data