Grootfontein Air Force Base

Grootfontein Air Force Base
IATA: GFY ICAO: FYGF
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Namibian Air Force
Location	Grootfontein, Namibia
Elevation AMSL	4,636 ft / 1,413 m
Coordinates	19°36′07″S 18°07′21″E / 19.60194°S 18.12250°E / -19.60194; 18.12250
Map
Grootfontein Location of air base in Namibia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 3,560 11,680 Asphalt 17/35 1,040 3,412 Asphalt
Source: WAD GCM Google Maps

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.