AFB Swartkop

Air Force Base Swartkop is 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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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Gauteng, South Africa
  • Also known as: “Air Force Base Swartkop”, “FASK”, and “Swartkop Airbase”
Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include South African Air Force Memorial and Voortrekker Monument.

Memorial
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The is a memorial to South African Air Force members who have died whilst in service of the South African Air Corps and its successor, the South African Air Force from 1915 to the present during times of war and times of peace.

Monument
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The is located just south of in . The granite structure is located on a hilltop, and was raised to commemorate the Voortrekkers who left the Cape Colony between 1835 and 1854.

Museum
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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 district of between Pretoria to the north, and Midrand and Johannesburg to the south. It is home to the Waterkloof Air Force Base, and the Swartkop Air Force Base.

Suburb
is one of the northernmost suburbs of Centurion in Province, , bordering the city of .

AFB Swartkop

Latitude
-25.80838° or 25° 48′ 30″ south
Longitude
28.16866° or 28° 10′ 7″ east
Elevation
1,454 metres (4,770 feet)
ICAO airport code
FASK
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
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Satellite Map

Discover AFB Swartkop from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Turkish—“AFB Swartkop” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Lugmagbasis Swartkop”
  • Cebuano: “AFB Swartkop”
  • Chinese: “斯瓦特科普空军基地”
  • Indonesian: “FASK”
  • Japanese: “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”
  • Malay: “Pengkalan Udara Swartkop”
  • Persian: “پایگاه نیروی هوایی اسوارتکوپ”
  • Persian: “پایگاه نیروی هوایی سوارتکوپ”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи нерӯе ҳаво осуорткуп”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи Нерӯи Ҳавоии Сварткоп”
  • Turkish: “Lugmagbasis Swartkop”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Valhalla and Glen Lauriston.

Notable Places Nearby

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