Port Elizabeth Airport
Port Elizabeth Airport | |
---|---|
Characteristics | |
ICAO code | FAPE |
IATA code | Postcode |
Coordinates | |
Height above MSL | 69 m (226 ft ) |
Transport links | |
Distance from the city center | 3 km southwest of Port Elizabeth |
Street | M9 |
Basic data | |
opening | January 1, 1950 |
operator | Airports Company South Africa |
Terminals | 1 |
Passengers | 1,689,808 (2018/19) |
Air freight | 8,562 t (2006) |
Flight movements |
44,916 (2018/19) |
Runways | |
08/26 | 1980 m × 46 m asphalt |
17/35 | 1677 m × 46 m asphalt |
website | |
www.airports.co.za/airports/port-elizabeth |
The airport of Port Elizabeth , English Port Elizabeth International Airport ( IATA code PLZ , ICAO code FAPE ), is a South African regional airport, which is operated by the state Airports Company South Africa .
The leading international car rental companies have offices at Port Elizabeth Airport. There are several restaurants and a tourist information office. You can see the apron from Wimpy's on the first floor. A helicopter squadron of the South African Air Force is stationed at the airport . The Walmer Township and the harbor are in the approach path of the airport .
history
The airport has existed since 1950 and was formerly called HF Verwoerd Airport . It was modernized and expanded in 2004 in order to be able to handle up to 2 million passengers annually. Since Port Elizabeth does not (yet) have its own customs clearance, international passengers have to change trains in Johannesburg or Cape Town . In addition, there is sport and business aviation here. The expansion of a runway was planned for the 2010 soccer World Cup so that the airport could also be approached directly from Europe and overseas. However, this expansion was not implemented.
Airlines
- South African Airways with cooperation partners South African Airlink and South African Express
- Mango (low-cost airline, daughter of SAA)
- British Airways South Africa (operated by Comair South Africa )
- Kulula.com (low cost airline, owned by Comair)
- FlySafair (low cost airline)
Transport links
A line of the newly established city bus system from the city center to the airport has existed since 2013. There are also minibuses and taxis.
Traffic figures
year | Passenger volume | Flight movements |
---|---|---|
2018/19 | 1,689,808 | 44,916 |
2017/18 | 1,641,393 | 53,282 |
2016/17 | 1,582,493 | 62,930 |
2015/16 | 1,604,381 | 64,328 |
2014/15 | 1,350,744 | 62,594 |
2013/14 | 1,251,178 | 67,350 |
2012/13 | 1,311,553 | 62,911 |
- ↑ The traffic figures are valid for the fiscal year , which ends on March 31st.
Air Force Station Port Elizabeth
The Air Force Station Port Elizabeth ( AFS Port Elizabeth for short ) is a facility of the South African Air Force and is located on the northeast side of the runway. Originally an Air Force Base that was demoted to an Air Force Station in the early 1990s.
15 Squadron
It is home to the C Flight Unit of Helicopter Squadron 15 Squadron , whose main mission is search and rescue on land and at sea. Four BK 117 are stationed on the AFS Port Elizabeth . The switch to AgustaWestland AW109 helicopters has been postponed due to delays in the development of rescue flotation devices for this type, so that use in maritime environments is not possible.
108 Squadron
The AFS Port Elizabeth is also home to the Territorial Reserve Squadron 108 Squadron , which operates various civil light aircraft in the role of supply transport. The primary squadron operations include reconnaissance flights on the coast as well as command, control and telstar communications during crime prevention missions alongside the South African police and the South African army.
The main areas of operation include coastal reconnaissance flights, command and control flights as well as Telstar crime prevention missions in cooperation with the police and the army.
Air Force Museum
The Air Force Museum is located behind the airport. It is one of the three locations of the South African Air Force Museum and there are few exhibits at Port Elizabeth Airport due to limited hangar space. Static exhibits are housed in the original 42-Air School Air Gunnery Training Center used during the Joint Air Training Scheme in World War II . The museum houses historic military jets, helicopters, exhibits and paintings from the airport's era from World War II to the end of apartheid. A number of North American Harvards are being actively restored and there is a project to restore an Airspeed Oxford . One of the more unusual exhibits is a Jorg IV Skimmerfoil bottom effect boat .
Web links
- Port Elizabeth International Airport on the website of the state airport operator ( Airports Company South Africa Limited (ACSA) ) (English)
- Port Elizabeth Airport aeronautical chart on SkyVector.com
- Site of the Air Force Museum ( South African Air Force Museum ) (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Passenger Statistics. Airports.co.za , accessed June 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Worldwide Airport Traffic Statistics 2006. (PDF; 720 kB) Airports Council International , December 2006, archived from the original on October 8, 2007 ; accessed on March 4, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Aircraft Statistics. Airports.co.za , accessed June 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Airports Company South Africa Limited on www.acsa.co.za ( Memento of the original from October 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Port Elizabeth, Republic of South Africa: HF Verwoerd. on www.airport-codes.findthedata.org ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Retirement of SAAF BK117 may be Further delayed. In: saairforce.co.za. October 1, 2008, accessed November 1, 2019 .