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"UN Location Codes: Botswana". UN/LOCODE 2011-2. UNECE. 28 February 2012. - includes IATA codes; Great Circle Mapper: Airports in Botswana; World Aero Data: Airports in Botswana; Airport records for Botswana at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-08-21
View of Sir Seretse Khama International Airport from tarmac. Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (IATA: GBE, ICAO: FBSK), located 15 kilometres (9 mi) north of downtown Gaborone, is the main international airport of the capital city of Botswana. The airport is named after Sir Seretse Khama, the first president of Botswana. [3]
Gaborone is the political and economic capital of Botswana, home to its largest companies and the Botswana Stock Exchange. It is also serves as the headquarters of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). [17] The main spoken languages in the city include Setswana , English, Kalanga, and Kgalagadi.
Phillip Gaonwe Matante International Airport (IATA: FRW, ICAO: FBPM), 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. The airport was named after Philip Matante. [2]
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Air Charter Botswana Sir Seretse Khama International Airport 1968 Mack Air: MKB GREENTAIL 1994 Moremi Air [5] Maun Airport 1997 Northern Air (Botswana) [6] Wilderness Air [7] WLD WILDERNESS Maun Airport 1991 Debswana (Botswana) [8] Sir Seretse Khama International Airport 1978 Kavango Air [9] 2005 Major Blue Air [10] Maun Airport 2010
Sua Pan Airport or Sowa Airport (IATA: SXN, ICAO: FBSN) is an airport 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) west of Sowa, a town in the Central District of Botswana. The runway is between the north and south basins of the Sua Pan (also known as Sowa Pan), a salt pan where sodium carbonate (soda ash) is mined. Sowa means salt in the language of the San. [4] [5]
The airport also serves as one of three Botswana Defence Force Air Wing air bases. The air base is home to: Z1 Transport Squadron; Z7 Training Squadron; Z10 Transport Squadron; Z21 Transport/Helicopter Squadron; Z23 Transport/Helicopter Squadron; Z28 Fighter Squadron; The airbase is also home to the Thebephatshwa Airbase Hospital, with two ...