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Location
Beaufort West · WC · South Africa
Position
-32.300°, 22.670° · 2941 ft elev.
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Regional airfield serving the Karoo town of Beaufort West.
Location
Beaufort West, South Africa
Beaufort West Airport (ICAO: FABW) is a small general aviation airfield located near Beaufort West in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It serves the Karoo region primarily as a facility for private and charter flights rather than scheduled commercial airline services.
The airport is situated along the N1 highway corridor, which connects Cape Town to Johannesburg, making Beaufort West a notable stopover point in the semi-arid Karoo. The airfield supports light aircraft operations and occasional medevac or emergency flights serving the surrounding rural communities.
No major commercial carriers operate scheduled services from this airport, and it lacks the infrastructure typical of larger regional airports. It remains an important resource for the local community given the remote nature of the surrounding Karoo landscape.
Getting to & from
Road access via the N1 national highway is the primary means of reaching Beaufort West town from the airport.
Airlines here
No scheduled commercial airline services operate from Beaufort West Airport; the facility caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
Notable facts
- ›ICAO code is FABW; the airport has no assigned IATA code.
- ›Located in the Karoo semi-desert region of the Western Cape province.
- ›Primarily serves general aviation, charter, and medevac operations.
- ›Beaufort West is the largest town in the Central Karoo District Municipality.
- ›The airport supports emergency air services for remote Karoo communities.
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