Air Force Base Waterkloof

AFB Waterkloof

AFB Waterkloof passenger terminal.

Control tower at AFB Waterkloof with a South African Air Force Saab JAS 39 Gripen in the foreground.
IATA: WKFICAO: FAWK
Summary
Airport type Military
Operator South African Air Force
Location Centurion, Tshwane, Gauteng, South Africa
Elevation AMSL 4,940 ft / 1,506 m
Coordinates 25°49′48″S 28°13′21″E / 25.83000°S 28.22250°E / -25.83000; 28.22250Coordinates: 25°49′48″S 28°13′21″E / 25.83000°S 28.22250°E / -25.83000; 28.22250
Website af.mil.za
Map
FAWK

Location in Gauteng

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
01/19 11,001 3,353 Asphalt
06/24 6,299 1,920 Asphalt

Air Force Base Waterkloof (IATA: WKF, ICAO: FAWK) is an airbase of the South African Air Force. It is situated on the outskirts of Pretoria, and is the SAAF's busiest airbase. The base's name, Waterkloof, is Afrikaans. It means Water Ravine in English. Despite the name, this base is not located in Waterkloof, Pretoria, but lies to the south of Pretoria, 4.34 nmi (8.04 km) to the northeast of Centurion, Gauteng and 3.37 nmi (6.24 km) from AFB Swartkop, at an elevation of 1506 metres (4940 ft).

The base motto is Acquirit Qui Tuetur (He Obtains Who Defends).

Units hosted

History

The base was officially opened on 1 August 1938 as Waterkloof Air Station.[1] Since that time it has always been in the service of the SAAF. It was upgraded to Air Force Base during World War II.

Aviation

References

Notes

  1. "Waterkloof Airbase". Global Security. Retrieved 2009-07-04.

External links

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