Francistown Airport
Phillip Gaonwe Matante International Airport, also known as Francistown International Airport, serves Francistown, Botswana. The public airport, which caters to both commercial and national military's aircraft, is on the western edge of the city.- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in North-East District, Botswana
- Also known as: “FBFT”, “Francistown”, “FRW”, “Phillip Gaonwe Matante International Airport”, and “فرودگاه فرانسیس تاون”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Obed Itani Chilume Stadium.
Obed Itani Chilume Stadium
Stadium
Obed Itani Chilume Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Francistown, Botswana.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Francistown.
Francistown Airport
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transport
- Location: North-East District, Botswana, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-21.15921° or 21° 9′ 33″ south
Longitude
27.46972° or 27° 28′ 11″ east
Elevation
1,000 metres (3,281 feet)
Operator
Civil Government
IATA airport code
FRW
ICAO airport code
FBFT
Open location code
5GC9RFR9+8V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Tswana—“Francistown Airport” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Francistown-lughawe”
- Asturian: “Aeropuertu de Francistown”
- Cebuano: “Francistown Airport”
- Chinese: “弗朗西斯敦机场”
- Chinese: “弗朗西斯敦機場”
- Dutch: “Francistown Airport”
- French: “aéroport international de Francistown”
- French: “Aéroport international de Francistown”
- Hungarian: “Francistowni repülőtér”
- Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Francistown”
- Italian: “Aeroporto di Francistown”
- Japanese: “フランシスタウン空港”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Francistown”
- Persian: “فرودگاه فرانسیستاون”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Francistown”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Francistown”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Francistown”
- Swedish: “Francistown Airport”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи фиронсестовн”
- Tswana: “Phillip Gaonwe Matante International Airport”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Monarch and Shashe-Mooke.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Francistown Weighbridge and St John Church.
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