AFB Swartkop

Air Force Base Swartkop is 's oldest air force base and houses the South African Air Force Museum. It is managed as part of AFB Waterkloof and houses one of the three branches of the South African Air Force Museum.
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  • Aerodrome
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,454 metres (4,770 feet)
  • …has the ICAO airport code FASK
  • Description: airport in Gauteng, South Africa
  • Also known as
    “Air Force Base Swartkop”
    “FASK”
    “Swartkop Airbase”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include South African Air Force Memorial and Voortrekker Monument.
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Memorial
The is a memorial…
Head, Public domain.
Monument
The is located just south of in .
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Museum
is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clubview and Centurion.
Suburb
is a small residential suburb in Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa.
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is a city of 237,000 people in the …
Suburb
is one of the northernmost suburbs…

AFB Swartkop

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Latitude
-25.80838° or 25° 48′ 30″ south
Longitude
28.16866° or 28° 10′ 7″ east
Open location code
5G6C55R9+JF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 259134275
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
8556243
Wiki­data ID
Q4651421

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Turkish—“AFB Swartkop” goes by many names.
Lugmagbasis SwartkopAfrikaans
AFB SwartkopCebuano
斯瓦特科普空军基地Chinese
FASKIndonesian
Swartkop空軍基地Japanese
スヴァルトコップ空軍基地Japanese
スワートコプ空軍基地Japanese
スワルトコップJapanese
Pengkalan Udara SwartkopMalay
پایگاه نیروی هوایی اسوارتکوپPersian
پایگاه نیروی هوایی سوارتکوپPersian
Пойгоҳи нерӯе ҳаво осуорткупTajik
Пойгоҳи Нерӯи Ҳавоии СварткопTajik
Lugmagbasis SwartkopTurkish

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Notable Places Nearby

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