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Grootfontein Air Force Base

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Airport type
  
Military

Elevation AMSL
  
4,636 ft / 1,413 m

3,560
  
11,680

Address
  
Grootfontein, Namibia

Owner
  
Namibian Air Force

Location
  
Grootfontein, Namibia

08/26
  
3,560

11,680
  
Asphalt

Code
  
GFY

Grootfontein Air Force Base

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. 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.

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Grootfontein Air Force Base Wikipedia