Grootfontein Air Force Base
| Grootfontein Air Force Base | |||||||||||||||
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| IATA: GFY – ICAO: FYGF | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Namibian Air Force | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Grootfontein, Namibia | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,636 ft / 1,413 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°36′07″S 018°07′21″E / 19.60194°S 18.12250°E | ||||||||||||||
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  Grootfontein Location of air base in Namibia | |||||||||||||||
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Main entrance to Grootfontein Logistics Base, April 1989
Grootfontein Air Force Base (IATA: GFY, ICAO: FYGF) is an air base of the Namibian Air Force in Grootfontein, a city in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. The air base is about 4 km (2 mi) south of the center of Grootfontein.[4] It was formerly a military air base for the South African Air Force. Most of the Air Force planes and personnel are hosted at the air base.
The Grootfontein non-directional beacon (Ident: GF) and VOR-DME (Ident: GFV) are located on the field.[5][6][7]
See also
Aviation portal
Namibia portal- List of airports in Namibia
- Transport in Namibia
References
- ↑ Airport information for FYGF from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ↑ Airport information for GFY at Great Circle Mapper.
- ↑ Google Maps - Grootfontein
- ↑ "Distance and heading from Grootfontein to airport". WikiMapia. Retrieved 18 Feb 2010.
- ↑ GF NDB
- ↑ GFV VOR-DME
- ↑ SkyVector Aeronautical Charts
External links
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