Sir Seretse Khama International Airport
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Sir Seretse Khama International Airport is the main international airport of Gaborone, the capital city of Botswana.
Overview
- Full name: Sir Seretse Khama International Airport
- ICAO: FBSK
- IATA: GBE
- Location: 15km (9 miles) north of Gaborone.
- Location:
- Elevation: 3299 ft (1006 m)
- Runway: 08/26 (9843 × 148 ft (3000 × 45 m))
- Time: GMT +2.
- Contacts: Tel: +267 351191 or 371397.
- Transfer to the city: Hotel minibuses and taxis (travel time 15 minutes). No scheduled bus service.
- Car rental: Avis (+267 313093) and Imperial (+267 307233).
- Facilities: One terminal building with Barclays Bank bureau de change, bar and restaurant, left luggage facility and duty-free shop for flights outside the Common Customs Union (South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland).
Main operator
Other operators
Fatal crash
On October 11 1999, an Air Botswana captain boarded a parked ATR-42 aircraft A2-ABB in the early morning and took off. Once in the air, he asked by radio to speak to the president, Air Botswana's general manager, the station commander, central police station and his girlfriend, among others. Because the president was out of the country, he was allowed to speak to the vice president. In spite of all attempts to persuade him to land and discuss his grievances, he stated he was going to crash into some planes on the apron. After a total flying time of about 2 hours, he did two loops and then crashed at 200 knots (230 mph) into Air Botswana's two other ATR-42s parked on the apron. The captain was killed but there were no other casualties.Airline sources say the pilot had been grounded on medical reasons, refused reinstatement and regrounded until February 2000. Air Botswana operations were crippled, as the airline temporarily only had one plane left - a BAe-146 which was grounded with technical problems.[link]
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