Grootfontein Airport

The Grootfontein Air Force Base is an air base of the Namibian Air Force in , a town in the of . The air base is about 4 km south of the center of Grootfontein.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport
  • Also known as: “FYGF”, “GFY”, “Grootfontein”, and “Grootfontein Air Force Base”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grootfontein.

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is a city of 24,000 people in , . Like all the towns in the Otavi Triangle, is very green in summer but drier in winter. In spring, jacaranda and flamboyant trees bloom in profusion.

Grootfontein Airport

Latitude
-19.59664° or 19° 35′ 48″ south
Longitude
18.139° or 18° 8′ 20″ east
Elevation
1,413 metres (4,636 feet)
IATA airport code
GFY
ICAO airport code
FYGF
Open location code
5FGWC43Q+8J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1211940236
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
3357115
Wiki­data ID
Q1431411
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Tajik—“Grootfontein Airport” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Grootfonteinlughawe”
  • Cebuano: “Grootfontein Airport”
  • Chinese: “赫魯特方丹空軍基地”
  • Dutch: “Luchthaven Grootfontein”
  • French: “Aéroport de Grootfontein”
  • German: “Flughafen Grootfontein”
  • German: “FYGF”
  • German: “GFY”
  • Indonesian: “FYGF”
  • Indonesian: “GFY”
  • Japanese: “グルートフォンテイン空港”
  • Japanese: “グルートフォンテイン空軍基地”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Grootfontein”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه گروت فونتین”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Grootfontein”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Grootfontein”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи гиру фунтин”

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Notable Places Nearby

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