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| East London Airport |
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| IATA: ELS – ICAO: FAEL |
| Summary |
| Airport type |
Public |
| Serves |
East London, South Africa |
| Elevation AMSL |
133 m / 436 ft |
| Coordinates |
33°02′06″S 27°49′16″E / 33.035°S 27.82111°E / -33.035; 27.82111 |
| Runways |
| Direction |
Length |
Surface |
| m |
ft |
| 11/29 |
1,935 |
6,348 |
Asphalt |
| 06/24 |
1,589 |
5,213 |
Asphalt |
East London Airport (IATA: ELS, ICAO: FAEL) is located in East London, South Africa.
East London's airport is a small but bustling one that plays an important role in the growing economy of the Eastern Cape.
Every day it welcomes between 20 and 30 flights – which bring 346 000 people to East London each year. Of these, about 140 000 are holidaymakers, mostly local, and about 15% are foreign tourists.
In 2004, the airport served 422,672 passengers (+11.5% vs. '03). History
The airport had an inauspicious beginning in 1927, when Lieut Colonel Alistair Miller asked the East London town council to help establish a municipal aerodrome at Woodbrook, west of the city.
Passenger flights were undertaken by two de Havilland Moth planes on Saturday afternoons and all day on Sundays, weather permitting. Flights could also be booked for weekdays, but only by special arrangement. In 1931 it took 11 hours to fly from Windhoek in Namibia to East London.
In 1944 a new airport was built at Collondale, about 2 km west of the present terminal building.
In 1965 the airport was again moved, this time to its present site, 9 km west of the city centre. Construction of the terminal buildings finished in 1966, and the airport was named after Ben Schoeman, the minister of transport at the time.
The airport was renamed in 1994. Since then, major alterations to the terminal building have been completed and a new first-floor office development for the airport management team has been added.
Airlines
- 1Time (Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg)
- South African Airways (Cape Town, Johannesburg)
- Airlink (Port Elizabeth)
- South African Express (Johannesburg, Durban)
Incidents
- On March 13, 1967, South African Airways Flight 406 crashed into the Indian Ocean while on approach to East London Airport. All 25 passengers and crew on board were killed.
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| General Info
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| Country |
South Africa
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| ICAO ID |
FAEL
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| Time |
UTC+2
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| Latitude |
-33.035569
33° 02' 08.05" S
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| Longitude |
27.825939
027° 49' 33.38" E
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| Elevation |
435 feet
133 meters
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| Type |
Civil
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| Magnetic Variation |
026° W (01/06)
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| Operating Agency |
CIVIL GOVERNMENT, (LANDING FEES AND DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCE MAY BE REQUIRED)
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| Operating Hours |
SEE REMARKS FOR OPERATING HOURS OR COMMUNICATIONS FOR POSSIBLE HOURS
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| Communications
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TWR
Opr 0430-1830Z Mon 0400-1830Z Tue-Fri, 0400-1730Z Sat and 0600-1830Z Sun.
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118.3
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APRON
Opr 0430-1800Z Mon-Fri, 0600-1800Z Sat, 0600-1800Z Sun..
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122.65
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ATIS
Opr 0430-1830Z Mon, 0300-1830Z Tue-Sat, 0600-1830Z Sun.
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126.45
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APP
Opr 0430-1830Z Mon, 0400-1830Z Tue-Fri, 0400-1730Z Sat and 0600-1830Z Sun.
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120.1
118.3
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| Runways
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| ID |
Dimensions |
Surface |
PCN |
ILS
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| 06/24 |
5200 x 150 feet
1585 x 46 meters |
ASPHALT |
038FAXU |
NO
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| 11/29 |
6362 x 150 feet
1939 x 46 meters |
ASPHALT |
038FAXU |
YES
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| Navaids
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| Type |
ID |
Name |
Channel |
Freq |
Distance From Field |
Bearing From Navaid
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| VORTAC |
ELV |
EAST LONDON |
092X |
114.5 |
At Field |
-
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| Supplies/Equipment
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| Fuel |
Jet A1, without icing nhibitor.
100/130 MIL Spec, low lead, aviation gasoline (BLUE)
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| Remarks
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| CAUTION |
Gldr flying in vcnty.
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| FUEL |
Avbl 0500-1630Z Mon-Fri, 0600-1630Z Sat, Sun. OT PN (NC-100LL, A1)
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| LGT |
PAPI Rwy 11 GP 2.7 .
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| MISC |
Wx.
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| NS ABTMT |
See FLIP PLANNING AP/2.
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| OPR HOURS |
Opr 0430-1800Z Mon-Fri, 0500-1800Z Sat, 0600-1800Z Sun.
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