Back مطار سانت هيلينا Arabic مطار سانت هيلينا ARZ Aeroport de Santa Helena Catalan Saint Helena Airport CEB Saint Helena Airport Danish Flughafen St. Helena German Aeropuerto Internacional de Santa Elena Spanish فرودگاه سینت هلینا Persian Saint Helenan lentoasema Finnish Aéroport de Sainte-Hélène French

Saint Helena Airport

Saint Helena Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerSaint Helena Government
OperatorSt Helena Airport Limited
LocationLongwood, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
OpenedJune 2016 (2016-06)
Elevation AMSL1,017 ft / 310 m
Coordinates15°57′33″S 5°38′45″W / 15.95917°S 5.64583°W / -15.95917; -5.64583
Websitesthelenaairport.com
Map
HLE is located in South Atlantic
HLE
HLE
Location of St Helena Airport
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 1,950 6,398 Concrete
Statistics (2018)
Passengers7649 [1]
Sources: AIP St Helena,[2] St Helena Government[3]

Saint Helena Airport (IATA: HLE, ICAO: FHSH) is an international airport on Saint Helena, a remote island in the south Atlantic Ocean, in the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha.

The construction of the runway was finished in 2015 and the airport opened in 2016. The inaugural scheduled flight was delayed, but general aviation, charter, and medical evacuation flights were able to serve the airport from May 2016.[4][5]

The airport began scheduled commercial services on 14 October 2017, when the South African carrier Airlink inaugurated a weekly service from O. R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, via Walvis Bay Airport, Namibia, using an Embraer E190-100IGW,[6][7][8][9][10] about one and a half years after the originally expected inauguration date. The service was flown with a smaller-sized aircraft because of wind shear problems affecting the airport.[11][12][13] Additionally, monthly charter flights operate between Ascension Island and Saint Helena.

  1. ^ "St Helena : VISITORS TO ST HELENA HIGHLIGHTS IN 2018". Archived from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference aip_fhsh_adc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "St Helena Government – Information Memorandum" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Cancellation of Notice To Airmen « St Helena". Sainthelena.gov.sh. 1 July 2016. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Saint Helena Island Info: All about St Helena, in the South Atlantic Ocean • Fly Yourself Here". Sainthelenaisland.info. Archived from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  6. ^ "ST HELENA PREPARES FOR INAUGURAL FLIGHT". St Helena. 10 October 2017. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  7. ^ Pillay, Kavitha (22 September 2017). "#FindYourEscape: Airlink flights to St Helena from SA now on sale". traveller24.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Airlink's Emmbraer E190 E-Jets Commence Commercial Services" (Press release). Flyairlink.com. 3 August 2017. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Sa Airlink To Provide Scheduled Air Services To St Helena And Ascension Island « St Helena". Sainthelena.gov.sh. 21 July 2017. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  10. ^ "First flight lands on remote St Helena". BBC News. 14 October 2017. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  11. ^ "St. Helena issues second RFP for scheduled services". ch-aviation.com. Archived from the original on 27 February 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  12. ^ AIRPORT OPENING CEREMONY POSTPONED Archived 26 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine (St Helena Government 26 April 2016)
  13. ^ bbc.com – St Helena airport delay 'to increase cost to UK government' Archived 27 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine 9 May 2016

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