El Fasher Airport

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El Fashir Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OperatorGovernment
Serves El Fasher, Sudan
Elevation  AMSL 2,393 ft / 729 m
Coordinates 13°36′53″N025°19′28″E / 13.61472°N 25.32444°E / 13.61472; 25.32444
Map
Locator map Sudan North Darfur.png
Yellow pog.svg
HSFS
Location in Sudan (North Darfur state highlighted)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
05/232,9709,744 Asphalt
18/361,5275,010 Gravel
Sources: [1] [2]

El Fasher Airport( IATA : ELF, ICAO : HSFS), also known as Al Fashir Airport, is an airport serving El Fasher [1] (Al Fashir), the capital city of the North Darfur state in Sudan.

Contents

United Nations peacekeeping force UNAMID uses a special terminal at El Fasher Airport for transportation.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 2,393 feet (729 m) above mean sea level. It has 2 runways: 05/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,970 by 45 metres (9,744 ft × 148 ft) and 18/36 with a gravel surface measuring 1,527 by 45 metres (5,010 ft × 148 ft). [1]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Badr Airlines Khartoum (suspended) [3]
Nova Airways Khartoum (suspended), Nyala [4]
Sudan Airways Khartoum (suspended)

El Fasher Air Base

The airport hosts a number of Sudanese Air Force units: [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Airport information for HSFS from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. ↑ Airport information for ELF at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. ↑ January 2014 Timetable, http://www.badrairlines.com/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=16
  4. ↑ Nova Airways Schedule
  5. ↑ "Orbats".
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