Sir Seretse Khama International Airport
Sir Seretse Khama International Airport
Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (IATA: GBE, ICAO: FBSK), located 15 kilometres (9 mi) north of downtown Gaborone, is the main international airport of the capital city of Botswana. It is the busiest airport in the country. In 2017 the airport got its first special economic zone which would house in the following departments: CAAB, Botswana Innovation Hub, ITPA and diamond hub for diamond sector.
Location
24.555°S, 25.918°E · 1.006 m s. n. m. (3.299 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 3
Tower
Ground
Approach
Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.
History
Prior to the airport, the city of Gaborone was served by Gaborones Airport. By the 1980s, its inadequate infrastructure prompted the construction of a new replacement airport in 1982. The airport was opened in 1984, and was dedicated to Seretse Khama, the first president of Botswana, whom led the country to independence in 1966.
The new airport was built on a greenfield site, having a 3,000 metre long runway capable of handling the Boeing 747 and Douglas DC-10. However, the terminal was only built to process 100 passengers per hour, unmatched with the wide-body capabilities of the runway.
British Airways started flying to the airport in 1987 from London Heathrow via Johannesburg, but the route was discontinued in April 1999.
In 2008, the airport started a major expansion. The old terminal could handle only 225 people at a time. The terminal size increased from 3,140 m2 to 17,000 m2. New baggage and screening equipment were installed. The existing runway was rehabilitated and 4,000 m parallel taxiway was built.
Airlines operating here · 4
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
Photo: Mirko Raner at English Wikipedia · CC BY 3.0 · view original
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APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (GBE). Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/GBE
MLA
“Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (GBE).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/GBE. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
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Harvard
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BibTeX
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title = {{Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (GBE)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
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howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/GBE}},
urldate = {2026-10-16},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-16}
}Wikipedia
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