Airport Eros

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Airport Eros
Eros Airport, Windhoek Namibia (2017) .jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code FYWE
IATA code ERS
Coordinates

22 ° 36 '44 "  S , 17 ° 4' 50"  E Coordinates: 22 ° 36 '44 "  S , 17 ° 4' 50"  E
Height above MSL 1699 m (5574  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 3.6 km south of Windhoek-Central
Street Aviation Road
Basic data
operator Namibia Airports Company
Terminals 1
Passengers 99,658 (2019)
Flight
movements 		23,650 (2019)
Runways
01/19 1983 m × 30 m asphalt
09/27 1005 m × 30 m asphalt

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The Eros Airport ( english Eros Airport , officially Windhoek (Eros) Airport ) is the national airport of the Namibian capital Windhoek . The main office of the Namibian State Aviation Academy Namibian Aviation Training Academy (NATA) is also located at Eros Airport .

Surname

According to some sources, the airport is said to have been named JG Strijdom after Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom in the 1950s (possibly until the 1960s) . In most sources, including the airport operator Namibia Airports Company , this name is used for today's (and only opened in 1985) Hosea Kutako International Airport .

air traffic

Eros is the airport with the most flight movements in Namibia. It is mainly used by regional scheduled flights operated by the state-owned Air Namibia , as well as private pilots or charter airlines with smaller aircraft. Since the flight year 2002/2003 the number of passengers at the airport has moved between almost 100,000 (2002/03) and 65,000 (2009/10).

Under visual flight conditions , Eros can also be used as an alternate airport for Hosea Kutako International Airport , but only aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 737 can land in Eros.

Due to the poor condition of the runway , Air Namibia threatened to suspend flight operations to and from Eros in February 2019.

Airlines and connections

Air Namibia offers - mostly daily - flights to Ondangwa , Mpacha ( Katima Mulilo ) and Rundu . Since the end of July 2019, there have also been flights from here to Oranjemund and Lüderitz . Oranjemund has also been served by FlyWestair since July 2019 .

Westair Aviation flies Eros in charter traffic, Wilderness Air flies daily to all accommodations of the operator group Wilderness Safaris in many parts of Namibia.

Destinations from / to Windhoek-Eros
(as of February 2020)

statistics

year Flight movements Passengers
2003 24,501 77,667
2004 23,552   74,966  
2005 23,831   68,208  
2006 33,270   74,398  
2007 35,551   80,072  
2008 34,756   80,369  
2009 29,703   65,895  
2010 27,839   63,854  
2011 26,318   74,310  
2012 28,150   90,880  
2013 20,898   80,591  
2014 22,550   79,582  
2015 20,167   75,592  
2016 17,620   75,356  
2017 23,889   86,670  
2018 24,763   95,598  
2019 23,650   99,658  

Source: Airport Statistics. Namibia Airports Company, January 2020.

Web links

Commons : Airport Eros  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eros Aerodrome. Department of Civil Aviation, AIP, December 15, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  2. ↑ Windhoek. JG Strijdom airport. Formerly Eros airport. National Archives of Namibia. ( Memento of May 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  3. ↑ About Us Brochure 2015. Namibia Airports Company, 2015. ( Memento from May 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  4. ^ Air Namibia threatens flight suspension from Eros Airport. The Patriot, February 22, 2019.
  5. ↑ Air Namibia 2016 flight plan. Accessed 25 May 2016.