The downtown airport is now closed and partly built-over. OpenAIP shows an airport to the S of El Wak city, labelled HKEW (the old city airport's code). No facilities are visible on the satellite images, so it's not clear whether this is in fact correct. However there is a gravel strip about 7.5 kms W of the city, which seems to serve as the new Airport. I have added this to the database.
"The text identifier used in the OurAirports URL. This will be the ICAO code if available. Otherwise, it will be a local airport code (if no conflict), or if nothing else is available, an internally-generated code starting with the ISO2 country code, followed by a dash and a four-digit number."
The airfield is used by Skydive on the Vaal Drop Zone (Operated by Adventure Skydives) so the airspace above the farm is restricted due to skydive operations.
Drop zone Frequency 124.8
Grass runway about 800m long
There are 2x cottages and 3x 2-bed rooms available on site
These is also a small Microlight club hangared on the farm but they are seldom active
According to the Wikipedia article, this is an Egyptian Air Force helicopter base right now, but the runway still appears intact and may still get fixed-wing use.
The airport opened in 2017, but as of 2020-08-28, it is not yet visible in the satellite imagery that ESRI is kindly providing (Saint Helena is probably not a high priority for updates). You can, however, see it on the aviation charts, and on Google Maps satellite imagery: https://goo.gl/maps/ocmANAj38hMpKrHW6
Left as an anonymous problem report: "The airport site is not specify at this time and the people is confused ,them farmer is not plough the land ,with apologize solve this problem for short time"
Thank you to the person who pointed this out. Please note that OurAirports.com is *not* an official source of airport information, and the farmer will need to consult the local authorities in Oromia about the land's current status and whether it's OK to plough.
After the opening of the new King Mswati III International Airport in September 2014, it only serves royal movements, flights of the Eswatini Government, and mercy flights.
TFY is incorrect IATA code. IATA code TFY is for Airport Muhammad Taufiq Kiemas Airport, formerly known as Pekon Serai Airport, serves the city of Krui, South Sumatra, Indonesia with ICAO: WILP. Infor here: https://skyvector.com/airport/WILP.
Reply to @Mohsen: Thanks for the info -- I've made it into a problem report. Because this airport is in a disputed territory, I'd like to confirm the ICAO code before changing it. Do you have a link to a source?
When I visited in 2015 during the Ebola crisis, there was fairly strict health screening in place. We had our temperatures taken before we entered the terminal building by local authorities (common at all public buildings), then again before we boarded the Air France flight, by a security team from France. On arrival at CDG, we were checked again exiting the plane, then those of us who had started our trips in Ebola-affected countries were pulled off the Paris-Montreal flight first, while all other passengers were forced to remain seated, and given a checkup by a public health nurse.
Only international airport of Djibouti. North of the runway occupied by Civil Aviation Terminal and French Airforce Base while South is occupied by US Navy Camp Lemnonnier.
I went to egypt and on my way back home I bought a Cartier Basha perfum for 100 or 110 US. When I came home it was filled with a similar smell but the smell disappeared in 5 mins. It was fake. Take my advise do not shop at this airport Cairo Airport.
Arriving this morning from London Heathrow I was shocked angered and saddened by the treatment people receive from south african staff at passport border custom control no wonder tourism is down i heard comments from tourists saying they will not come to south Africa again and I don't blame them the staff at Heathrow are all nationalities and treat people with respect and dignity in our country south Africa i would not speak to my dogs that way is it racism towards white people I think so
Lovely wide grass strip - perhaps a little bumpy but the scenery is gorgeous. Great little bistro/cafe, chocolate shop and a brewery on the airfield (bought 6 bottles on spec - need to go back and get some more!!)
Landing Fee R100, land uphill RWY 24 depart downhill 06.
My name is Dawie Pretorius the Airport Manager at Kitty Hawk. I am looking for the owner of Cessna aircraft ZS-SOE who visited KH fuel bay on 12/05/2019, Would like to make contact whith the pilot of that day,
Since South Sudan gain independences from the North, the Juba international airport have witness slow progress in terms of development for it to meet the international standards, how ever despite the corrup officials we have in the government, the airport is improving coompared to 2011.
Kliprivier is a very user friendly airfield, the members are very helpful, friendly the grass runways are in immaculate condition well maintained ablution is available at the clubhouse
A beautiful getaway, lovely food. For your weekend away or day visit. On the alternate route to Gauteng, with the spectacular view of the Drakensberg ,
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Old El Wak Airport now closed
🔗 Fri, 23 Jul 2021
— @Frits at El Wak Airport, Kenya
The downtown airport is now closed and partly built-over. OpenAIP shows an airport to the S of El Wak city, labelled HKEW (the old city airport's code). No facilities are visible on the satellite images, so it's not clear whether this is in fact correct. However there is a gravel strip about 7.5 kms W of the city, which seems to serve as the new Airport. I have added this to the database.
HLLM NOTAM
🔗 Sat, 12 Jun 2021
— @Nuwar at Mitiga Airport, Libya
May you share HLLM NOTAM
hi
🔗 Wed, 12 May 2021
— @feitidede at Tabarka 7 Novembre Airport, Tunisia
hello
Fiedl 'ident' in CSV file uses old ICAO (HSSS)
🔗 Wed, 28 Apr 2021
— @espinielli at Khartoum International Airport, Sudan
I am reporting that the CSV dump of the airport DB for the 'ident' field still uses the old ICAO, HSSS, instead of the new one, HSSK.
(Probably 'keyword' needs changing too)
My understanding is that the 'ident' field is about ICAO code, from the Data dictionary page (https://ourairports.com/help/data-dictionary.html):
"The text identifier used in the OurAirports URL. This will be the ICAO code if available. Otherwise, it will be a local airport code (if no conflict), or if nothing else is available, an internally-generated code starting with the ISO2 country code, followed by a dash and a four-digit number."
ew no wtf butt?
🔗 Thu, 08 Apr 2021
— @feitidede at Mano Dayak International Airport, Niger
wtf!! butt why noooo1!11!!!
Parys Airport Restuarant
🔗 Wed, 18 Nov 2020
— @milegrin at Parys Airport, South Africa
After a quick Google search : The restaurant was taken over by Coenraad and Angelique de Jager and re-opened after major revamp in November 2018.
The contact details are : zero eight two 322 3192
Updated info
🔗 Fri, 13 Nov 2020
— @milegrin at Leeukop Farm Airfield, South Africa
Private airfield
The airfield is used by Skydive on the Vaal Drop Zone (Operated by Adventure Skydives) so the airspace above the farm is restricted due to skydive operations.
Drop zone Frequency 124.8
Grass runway about 800m long
There are 2x cottages and 3x 2-bed rooms available on site
These is also a small Microlight club hangared on the farm but they are seldom active
Closest town : Deneysville (Vaal Dam)
Leeukop is a working farm.
Currently helicopters only
🔗 Mon, 12 Oct 2020
— @david at Ismailia Air Base, Egypt
According to the Wikipedia article, this is an Egyptian Air Force helicopter base right now, but the runway still appears intact and may still get fixed-wing use.
No strip visible
🔗 Fri, 28 Aug 2020
— @david at Giants Castle Airport, South Africa
Originally added in 2008. No landing strip is visible in the satellite imagery, so marking as closed pending further information.
No strip visible
🔗 Fri, 28 Aug 2020
— @david at Sani Pass Airport, South Africa
This landing strip was added in 2008. There is nothing visible now in the satellite imagery, so marking as closed pending further information.
Not yet visible in satellite imagery (2020-08-28)
🔗 Fri, 28 Aug 2020
— @david at Saint Helena Airport, Saint Helena
The airport opened in 2017, but as of 2020-08-28, it is not yet visible in the satellite imagery that ESRI is kindly providing (Saint Helena is probably not a high priority for updates). You can, however, see it on the aviation charts, and on Google Maps satellite imagery: https://goo.gl/maps/ocmANAj38hMpKrHW6
Land-use question
🔗 Fri, 28 Aug 2020
— @david at Negele Airport, Ethiopia
Left as an anonymous problem report: "The airport site is not specify at this time and the people is confused ,them farmer is not plough the land ,with apologize solve this problem for short time"
Thank you to the person who pointed this out. Please note that OurAirports.com is *not* an official source of airport information, and the farmer will need to consult the local authorities in Oromia about the land's current status and whether it's OK to plough.
No more public air transport
🔗 Thu, 04 Jun 2020
— @Schraubendreher at Matsapha Airport, Eswatini
After the opening of the new King Mswati III International Airport in September 2014, it only serves royal movements, flights of the Eswatini Government, and mercy flights.
Asking for old ICAO code
🔗 Wed, 08 Apr 2020
— @Flight_lead at Jiyanklis Air Base, Egypt
What was the old ICAO code for Jiyanklis Air Base before HEGS when USAF was operating it?
Any verification on the ICAO ID?
🔗 Fri, 20 Mar 2020
— @mforte at Al Mahbes Airstrip Airport, Western Sahara
I flagged this airport listed with ICAO ID GMAR as it is a duplicate to this original record. All changes should be made to this one.
(no subject)
🔗 Fri, 24 Jan 2020
— @Mohsen at Chinguetti Airport, Mauritania
Airport closed
(no subject)
🔗 Fri, 24 Jan 2020
— @Mohsen at Ubari Airport, Libya
Elevation corrected
(no subject)
🔗 Fri, 24 Jan 2020
— @Mohsen at Nafurah 1 Airport, Libya
IATA code is NFR
Avgas
🔗 Fri, 17 Jan 2020
— @welapie at Springbok Airport, South Africa
Hi is there any avgas available at Springbok airfield
A great 45 Min Documentary about this Airport
🔗 Fri, 17 Jan 2020
— @bcrosby at Saint Helena Airport, Saint Helena
Wendover Productions has done a great job talking about the history and operation of this airport. Check it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-QejUTDCWw
(no subject)
🔗 Fri, 17 Jan 2020
— @Mohsen at Tarfaya Airport, Morocco
TFY is incorrect IATA code. IATA code TFY is for Airport Muhammad Taufiq Kiemas Airport, formerly known as Pekon Serai Airport, serves the city of Krui, South Sumatra, Indonesia with ICAO: WILP. Infor here: https://skyvector.com/airport/WILP.
And IATA code here: https://www.iata.org/en/publications/directories/code-search/
Opend
🔗 Fri, 10 Jan 2020
— @kazanova001 at Capital International Airport, Egypt
Opened 1/7/2019
re: (no subject)
🔗 Tue, 19 Nov 2019
— @david at Al Mahbes Airstrip Airport, Western Sahara
Reply to @Mohsen: Thanks for the info -- I've made it into a problem report. Because this airport is in a disputed territory, I'd like to confirm the ICAO code before changing it. Do you have a link to a source?
(no subject)
🔗 Sat, 09 Nov 2019
— @Mohsen at Al Mahbes Airstrip Airport, Western Sahara
ICAO Code for the airport is GMAR
Health screening during the 2014-15 Ebola crisis
🔗 Fri, 04 Oct 2019
— @david at Conakry International Airport, Guinea
When I visited in 2015 during the Ebola crisis, there was fairly strict health screening in place. We had our temperatures taken before we entered the terminal building by local authorities (common at all public buildings), then again before we boarded the Air France flight, by a security team from France. On arrival at CDG, we were checked again exiting the plane, then those of us who had started our trips in Ebola-affected countries were pulled off the Paris-Montreal flight first, while all other passengers were forced to remain seated, and given a checkup by a public health nurse.
HCMH current Information
🔗 Sun, 15 Sep 2019
— @Mike-mike at Egal International Airport, Somalia
EGAL Intl. Airport
ARP : 093105.12N
0440522.95E
ELEV: 4471FT
TA:8000FT AMSL
RWY data
Designation : RWY 06/24
True Bearing : 050°/239°
Dimensions : 3700m * 45m
Surface : Asphalt
THR 06
Coord : 093042.53N0440449.178E
Elev : 4471FT
GUND : To be notified
THR 24
Coord : 093127.71N0440556.11E
Elev : 4468FT
GUND : To be notified
Declared Distances: RWY 06/24
LDA
ASDA
TORA 3700M.
TODA
TWY
Located Approx. 529m left side of
THR RWY 06
Width:23m
TWY centerline and edge marking
Apron
Size 190M x 77M.
AFIS, AIS, MET,
Fueling Services
(Note. Fuel Jet A1
Available Between
0400-1400 UTC
Daily ),
Health Services
(0330UTC-
1500UTC)
Administration,
Customs,
Immigration,
Ground Handling ,
Transport, Hotels
and Banking
re: re: Palouge (Paloich) Airport, South Sudan.
🔗 Fri, 06 Sep 2019
— Anonymous Flyer at Paloich Airport, Heliport, South Sudan
There is fuel farm in this airport
(no subject)
🔗 Thu, 22 Aug 2019
— Anonymous Flyer at Djibouti-Ambouli Airport, Djibouti
Only international airport of Djibouti. North of the runway occupied by Civil Aviation Terminal and French Airforce Base while South is occupied by US Navy Camp Lemnonnier.
(no subject)
🔗 Sun, 11 Aug 2019
— @SMarbury at Vilankulo Airport, Mozambique
No taxis at the airport. The ATM did not work.
Flight Ops, Desk Staff etc
🔗 Thu, 08 Aug 2019
— Anonymous Flyer at Wonderboom Airport, South Africa
Good day.
I herewith would like to know if there are any available vacancies at Wonderboom Airport?
Anything like flight ops, desk staff etc.
I want to become a pilot and hope to get a job and save money to pay for my PPL.
Any job and advice would be deeply appreciated.
E-mail: waynevt1@gmail.com
(no subject)
🔗 Fri, 02 Aug 2019
— Anonymous Flyer at Tiko Airport, Cameroon
Is good
(no subject)
🔗 Sun, 21 Jul 2019
— Anonymous Flyer at Mkuze Airport, South Africa
123
Do not buy perfum from any store.
🔗 Wed, 10 Jul 2019
— Anonymous Flyer at Cairo International Airport, Egypt
I went to egypt and on my way back home I bought a Cartier Basha perfum for 100 or 110 US. When I came home it was filled with a similar smell but the smell disappeared in 5 mins. It was fake. Take my advise do not shop at this airport Cairo Airport.
Chartered flight to Springbok
🔗 Thu, 04 Jul 2019
— Anonymous Flyer at Springbok Airport, South Africa
Give me a shout on dj.botma@yahoo.com if someone would be interested to charter a Cirrus to Springbok. Max 2 passengers
Disgusted to be a south african
🔗 Wed, 19 Jun 2019
— Anonymous Flyer at OR Tambo International Airport, South Africa
Arriving this morning from London Heathrow I was shocked angered and saddened by the treatment people receive from south african staff at passport border custom control no wonder tourism is down i heard comments from tourists saying they will not come to south Africa again and I don't blame them the staff at Heathrow are all nationalities and treat people with respect and dignity in our country south Africa i would not speak to my dogs that way is it racism towards white people I think so
Stunning!
🔗 Wed, 19 Jun 2019
— @Mrb13676 at El Mirador Airport, South Africa
Lovely wide grass strip - perhaps a little bumpy but the scenery is gorgeous. Great little bistro/cafe, chocolate shop and a brewery on the airfield (bought 6 bottles on spec - need to go back and get some more!!)
Landing Fee R100, land uphill RWY 24 depart downhill 06.
High ground around.
Parys Aerodrome Restaurant.
🔗 Thu, 23 May 2019
— Anonymous Flyer at Parys Airport, South Africa
Please send me the details of the restaurant and menu: nhw.howarth@gmail.com
083 229 8369
Kitty Hawk Aerodrome.
🔗 Thu, 23 May 2019
— Anonymous Flyer at Lydenburg Airport, South Africa
Good day,
My name is Dawie Pretorius the Airport Manager at Kitty Hawk. I am looking for the owner of Cessna aircraft ZS-SOE who visited KH fuel bay on 12/05/2019, Would like to make contact whith the pilot of that day,
My contact detail is 082-804-6979.
(no subject)
🔗 Tue, 21 May 2019
— @M.gweto_Evans at Juba International Airport, South Sudan
Since South Sudan gain independences from the North, the Juba international airport have witness slow progress in terms of development for it to meet the international standards, how ever despite the corrup officials we have in the government, the airport is improving coompared to 2011.
Restaurant name
🔗 Sun, 19 May 2019
— Anonymous Flyer at Parys Airport, South Africa
please send me the details of the restaurant and menu.
0826882238
(no subject)
🔗 Wed, 08 May 2019
— Anonymous Flyer at Klipriver Airfield, South Africa, South Africa
Kliprivier is a very user friendly airfield, the members are very helpful, friendly the grass runways are in immaculate condition well maintained ablution is available at the clubhouse
Good breakfast spot
🔗 Wed, 01 May 2019
— @Mrb13676 at Lekoa Airstrip, South Africa
Great breakfast stop - gravel runway - uphill rwy 10
Opening
🔗 Sat, 30 Mar 2019
— @kazanova001 at Capital International Airport, Egypt
Official opening 25/4/2019
(no subject)
🔗 Mon, 04 Mar 2019
— @D1st_1 at Finima Bonny Airport, Nigeria
Very beautiful airstrip.
(no subject)
🔗 Mon, 04 Mar 2019
— @D1st_1 at Maiduguri International Airport, Nigeria
Manned by the military due to security situation in N/E Nigeria, but open to civil Aviation
BATTLEFIELDS COUNTRY LODGE & SPORT RESORT - RUNWAY
🔗 Wed, 27 Feb 2019
— Anonymous Flyer at Battlefields Airport, South Africa
1000m grass runway - direction 11/29
(no subject)
🔗 Sat, 16 Feb 2019
— @Naren28 at Bingelela, South Africa
A beautiful getaway, lovely food. For your weekend away or day visit. On the alternate route to Gauteng, with the spectacular view of the Drakensberg ,
Beautiful!
🔗 Sat, 09 Feb 2019
— Anonymous Flyer at El Mirador Airport, South Africa
Always well maintained and just about one of the most beautiful airfield in the world.
Landing from lanseria airport
🔗 Wed, 06 Feb 2019
— Anonymous Flyer at Vredendal Airport, South Africa
Can we land there frim Lanseria internatiinal
Great Grass runways well maintained Taxiways
🔗 Wed, 06 Feb 2019
— @dipsauk at Klipriver Airfield, South Africa, South Africa
Up keep of the area is good and nicely cut . soft landings
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