Mahikeng Airport Mmabatho Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Government | ||||||||||
| Serves | Mahikeng, South Africa | ||||||||||
| Location | Mmabatho | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,181 ft / 1,274 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°48′27″S 025°32′40″E / 25.80750°S 25.54444°E | ||||||||||
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  FAMM Location of airport in North West province Location of North West in South Africa  | |||||||||||
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Mahikeng Airport or Mmabatho Airport[4] (IATA: MBD, ICAO: FAMM) is an airport serving Mahikeng and Mmabatho, the current and former capital cities of the North West province in South Africa. The airport is widely known as Mafikeng Airport after Mahikeng's former name.[5] The airport is managed by the North West Province Department of Transport and Roads. The airport is a former air force base of the Boputhatswana Defence Force[4] and was previously classified as an international airport.[5] As of 2014, discussions and construction was in progress in order for the airport to regain its status as an international airport.[6][7]
- ^ "Aerodrome chart for MAFIKENG - FAMM" (PDF). South African Civil Aviation Authority. 26 August 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2012.
- ^ Airport information for FAMM[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ^ Airport information for MBD at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ a b Dixon, Norm (23 March 1994). "Mandela: 'A lesson they will never forget'". Green Left Weekly. Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
Mmabatho's Bophuthatswana Air Base
- ^ a b "Mahikeng Airport". Tourism North West. Archived from the original on 15 August 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
- ^ "North West Government hosts Mahikeng Airport City Project stakeholders roundtable". South Africa Government Online. 28 January 2014. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
- ^ Torerai, ELFAS (23 June 2014). "We want an airport city to arise at Mahikeng". Africa News Network. Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.