Phillip Gaonwe Matante International Airport

Phillip Gaonwe Matante International Airport

Francistown International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic / military
OwnerGovernment of Botswana
OperatorCivil Government (international airport)
Botswana Defence Force (air base)
ServesFrancistown, Botswana
Elevation AMSL3,312 ft / 1,009 m
Coordinates21°09′35″S 27°28′30″E / 21.15972°S 27.47500°E / -21.15972; 27.47500
Websitecaab.co.bw
Map
FRW is located in Botswana
FRW
FRW
Location of the airport in Botswana
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
11/29 2,230 7,316 Asphalt
13/31 3,000 9,843 Asphalt
Sources: GCM[1]

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]

  1. ^ Airport information for FRW at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. ^ "'Renaming F/town airport politically motivated'". 2 October 2019.