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| Serves | Freetown | ||||||||||
| Location | Sierra Leone | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 60 ft / 18 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 8°23′40″N13°07′42″W / 8.39444°N 13.12833°W | ||||||||||
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  HGS Location of airport in Sierra Leone | |||||||||||
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Hastings Airport ( IATA : HGS, ICAO : GFHA) is an airport serving Freetown, [1] the capital city of Sierra Leone, a country in West Africa
The airport resides at an elevation of 60 feet (18 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 09/27 with an asphalt surface which is 960 metres (3,150 ft) in length. [1]
Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered to the southeast by Liberia and by Guinea to the north. Its land area is 71,740 km2 (27,699 sq mi). It has a tropical climate and environments ranging from savannas to rainforests. As of the 2023 census, Sierra Leone has a population of 8,908,040. Freetown is both its capital and its largest city. The country is divided into five administrative regions, which are further subdivided into 16 districts.
There are a number of systems of transport in Sierra Leone, a country in West Africa, which possess road, rail, air and water infrastructure, including a network of highways and several airports.
Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educational and political centre, as it is the seat of the Government of Sierra Leone. The population of Freetown was 1,347,559 as of the 2024 census.
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Paramount Airlines is an aviation company in Sierra Leone that used to provide a helicopter service between the capital, Freetown, and Lungi International Airport as well as other cities within the country.
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Hastings is a town in the Western Area Rural District of Sierra Leone. The town had a population of 15,054 and lies approximately 15 miles east of Freetown, the capital of the country.
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Fly Salone was an airline based in the United Kingdom that operated scheduled and charter flights between London and Freetown, Sierra Leone. The airline conducted its first flight on 11 December 2015. On 17 March 2016, Fly Salone announced it had ceased trading and operated its last flight the following day.
Mamamah International Airport was an airport under construction in Sierra Leone. It was part of the infrastructure to be built as Sierra Leone prepared to shift its political and administrative capital, away from over-crowded Freetown.
The Lungi Bridge Project is a proposed major infrastructure project in the West African country of Sierra Leone. The 7km long bridge will link the Lungi area to Freetown, passing over the estuary of the Sierra Leone River.
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