Saint Helena Airport
Saint Helena Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Saint Helena Government | ||||||||||
| Operator | St Helena Airport Limited | ||||||||||
| Location | Longwood, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | ||||||||||
| Opened | June 2016 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,017 ft / 310 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 15°57′33″S 5°38′45″W / 15.95917°S 5.64583°W | ||||||||||
| Website | sthelenaairport.com | ||||||||||
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Sources: AIP St Helena, St Helena Government | |||||||||||
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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.
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, 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. Additionally, monthly charter flights operate between Ascension Island and Saint Helena.