Port Elizabeth Airport

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Port Elizabeth Airport
Decommissioned Impala Mk1-PE of the South African Air Force at the entrance to the airport
Characteristics
ICAO code FAPE
IATA code Postcode
Coordinates

33 ° 59 ′ 6 ″  S , 25 ° 37 ′ 2 ″  E Coordinates: 33 ° 59 ′ 6 ″  S , 25 ° 37 ′ 2 ″  E

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

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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

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

Traffic figures at Port Elizabeth International Airport 2012 / 13–2018 / 2019
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
  1. 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

Commons : Port Elizabeth Airport  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Passenger Statistics. Airports.co.za , accessed June 5, 2019 .
  2. 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 .
  3. a b Aircraft Statistics. Airports.co.za , accessed June 5, 2019 .
  4. 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.acsa.co.za
  5. ^ Port Elizabeth, Republic of South Africa: HF Verwoerd. on www.airport-codes.findthedata.org  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / airport-codes.findthedata.org  
  6. Retirement of SAAF BK117 may be Further delayed. In: saairforce.co.za. October 1, 2008, accessed November 1, 2019 .