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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in North-East District, Botswana
- Also known as: “FBFT”, “Francistown”, “FRW”, and “Phillip Gaonwe Matante International Airport”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Obed Itani Chilume Stadium.
Obed Itani Chilume Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Obed Itani Chilume Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Francistown, Botswana. It is used mostly for football matches and usually hosts the home matches of Francistown-based TAFIC F.C.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Francistown.
Francistown
Photo: Pavel Špindler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Francistown is a city in the east of Botswana, near the border with Zimbabwe. In our division of Botswana into regions, it is in Southeast Botswana.
Francistown Airport
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transportation
- Location: North-East District, Botswana, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-21.15921° or 21° 9′ 33″ southLongitude
27.46972° or 27° 28′ 11″ eastElevation
1,000 metres (3,281 feet)Operator
Civil GovernmentIATA airport code
FRWICAO airport code
FBFTOpen location code
5GC9RFR9+8VOpenStreetMap ID
way 91336795OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeGeoNames ID
6296943Wikidata ID
Q1657700
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Satellite Map
Discover Francistown Airport from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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”
- French: “FRW”
- Hungarian: “Francistowni repülőtér”
- Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Francistown”
- Indonesian: “FBFT”
- Indonesian: “FRW”
- Italian: “Aeroporto di Francistown”
- Japanese: “フランシスタウン空港”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Francistown”
- Persian: “فرودگاه فرانسیس تاون”
- 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”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Francistown Weighbridge and St John Church.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Francistown Airport”. Photo: Joachim Huber, CC BY-SA 2.0.