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Has the plane ARRIVED
Has the ryaniar plane arrived at Fez
Close to town
Small strip for charters, no regular commercial service. Locals will sell you food and drink just off the property and I met my future wife here.
Okavango, Chobe, Moremi and Makgadikgadi access
Good international airport to access the best Botswana game preserves and wetlands. Lots of charters fly out every day, strip is well maintained and tower control is impressive as clouds and mist can roll in dawn and dusk but doesn't seem to matter as long as the pilots have the cohones to do so :)
Crazy extortion
I cant tell which one is worst the ministries, customs, airport : truly infested by greedy , lazy, employees with no 5
True airport?
It has international standard runway markings and pretty real-looking hangars. Why would you think it's not a "true airport"? Not every airport has commercial traffic.
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is it true airport?
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Hi all
I have taken over the operation of FADS (De Doorns) private airstrip. I extended the runway to 1000m and 20m wide. Please contact me beforehand for use of the airstrip.
Regards,
Stephan Rossouw
stephan@mooigezicht.co.za
car hire
i need a car from airport to mokopane mine and back from7-11 tommorow
Wadi Seidna confirmation
Further to the comment placed on these pages on 29.09.2010 that the ex raf airstrip at Wadi Seidna was infact 10nm to the west of the current airbase - has this been confirmed as true ? This is rather confusing - was this airfield moved completely or is this a wrong statement ? barry.
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What I want to say about Rusape Airport I like that issue maybe my earlier are developed because that town is nice but if u open pliz remember me I want job thanks u
Marked as closed
Marked as closed based on visitor feedback.
Does not exist anymore
Does not exist
re: complaint about immigration officials
Travelling through Oliver Tambo in December was a bitter experience. What is going on? on the 3rd December 18.00hrs.
We were a family of 5 travelling with friends who were connecting onto the BA to London . Our flight was delayed and we had 40 minutes to get through transit( why we need our passports stamped I will never understand) and collect our boarding passes from the ticket offices before proceeding to the security check. I ran to the front of the queue and received permission for the gentleman in front of the queue explaining my situation. He was most kind and let us go through - On arriving at the desk I was scorned and laughed at by a lady immigration official who told me to get to the back of the queue. Once again I showed her the ticket and explained our situation. She shouted and told us all to proceed to the back. I was determined to get some assistance and requested that she please assist us. A neighboring official abruptly got out of his cubicle aggressively stormed toward us and Screamed and shouted at us as if wee had committed a crime. He said - "GET TO THE BACK OF THE QUEUE - DONT THINK THAT BECAUSE YOU DO THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY YOU CAN DO THAT HERE!" I was completely stunned - An Australian lady in the queue and an elderly Nigerian gentleman called and asked us please to go in front of them as they too were embarrassed at the way this officer was treating us. If this is the welcome into South Africa as a transit point - i shudder to think what its like when you are entering - Surely it is common sense to have a fast track or lane for business class travellers or under an hour connection queue without having to beg and be humiliated. Disgusted.
Sarah Kenny
Sarah kenny
Nigeria
I don't know
Close it
@Bill35's location is only 0.74 nautical miles from my location. Still doesn't look like an airport.
Possible alternative location
@Bill35 found a different location in a 1996 Tactical Pilotage Chart (UK Ministry of Defence military survey): -17.0049 30.8961
Zooming in shows something that might once have been a runway there, though it's much rutted and crossed by paths now. I wonder if Zimbabwe is simply reluctant to let international authorities know about how much infrastructure it has let decay during its decades of economic trouble, so it wants to keep this on the books (number of airports is one of the indicators used in international development).
In any case, we need to decide (a) whether to move the marker per the 1996 chart, and (b) whether to mark the airport as "closed" based on its visible state in the sat view. Thoughts?
Think about the passagers.
We have now been sitting on a plane at OR Tambo for 50min because of bad weather - which is definately not the airports fault. However, when we are told that we are nr 13 in line to take off (after 50min), my question is "Why did you not give the flight a delayed status and leave us in the airport building where we would at least be comfortable and could get something to eat". Your conveniance when it comes to staying on schedule should not be put above your customers wellbeing. Sitting on a plane for an extra hour - means the Cape Town flight is now 3 hours long!!!!!!
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Fixed
Maybe?
It's still in my Eurocontrol/EAD data dump, although the location is slightly different. It still doesn't look like much of an airport on Google Earth, though.
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Marked as closed until we have new information.
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I removed it from openstreetmap too, since that mention based upon the authority of ourairports. The dangers of open data sources depending one on the other!
Don't see an airport here
Unless that straight stretch of road doubles as a landing strip, I suspect that the source for this airport (Great Circle Mapper) just used the lat/lon of the village. Marking as closed until we have more information.
PoE?!
Is it open?!, and is it considered a point of entry if I'm flying to Egypt?!
Duty Free contact details
Please can someone help with the tel no. of the duty free shop at Bangoka and Lumbumbashi Airports?
My camera was stolen after my bag was checked in
I had 450 pictures of my Africa trip in the camera and I put it in my backpack and unbelievably it was gone when the backpack was returned. Can not believe it but it actually happened. Need to monitor who is handling the luggage when it is out of site.
All my mémoires gone........ So much for good people of Zimbabwe.
Employment
Looking for aircraft maintenance post.I have 9 years experience as an aircraft technician, please call me on 0722610978 or email nlambane@yahoo.com. name is Larry
Mainly for Rio Tinto?
This airport appears to serve mainly Rio Tinto's Simandou iron ore project; at least, it was Rio Tinto who funded the development of its instrument approaches.
Guinea's first GNSS approach
Beyla got Guinea's first certified GPS instrument approach back in 2009: http://www.directapproach.ca/Beyla.pdf
Now boassaso became international airport
you should add boassaso as new international airport in somalia beside barbra & banadiir & hargesia
Re: location
Location fixed.
This is in exactly the wrong place...
Runway Location– south of the town
Lat: 1.578387°
Lon: 37.810799°
Rwy: 17/35
Surface: Dirt, Good.
Length: 1000m
good location to South Luangwa NP
Quick and easy travel through Mumbwe
flight information
When the status of a flight is "landed / delayed", what does it mean?
New Runway
A new tarmac runway [ longer and wider ], is currently under construction as of 30 November 2015. Current Runway being used is grass
status of kaseese airport
it deserves an international status by upgrading it to tarmac with dual run ways since it boarders congo.profitable business in the region
A must!
Indeed! Nice infrastructure n cool people! Good place to practice crosswind landings.
HEAL
The airport is operative for all purposes like fuel stop, commercial charter, cargo operation
For further information please write to sami.elias@zasair.com
We can obtain all needed permits and arrange the ground handling
ICAO missing
ICAO: DNSU
Airport Announcements
I am the airport from 5pm (my flight is at 7) .... Just need to mention how totally embarrassing it is to be a South African as the announcements being made are in very bad accents - unclear, and one can barely hear what is being said. In addition the announcer either shouts over the PA system or two announcements are made simultaneously. I can barely understand what is being said & doubt whether any foreigners will be able to understand.
public use?
can this airport be for commercial use by people? or is it only for cargo?
if not for commercial purpose, is it planning to be in the future?
Employement
My name is Chantelle Engelbrecht, I am 21 years old, and my dream has always been to work in the aviation field! I have a great interest in ANY employment offered at Wonderboom Airport, and then work myself up from there. You are welcome to contact me : 082 495 2592 or aengelbrecht@rocketmail.com Thank you ;-)
eun
good airport
delayed flights
I see the Arrival time and DELAYED is shown but NO aprox time of Delays????
Duty Free not EU compliant
I have just flown to Amsterdam from Kigali for a connecting flight. They wouldn't let me take the Duty Free I bought at Kigali to my next flight and threw it away. This is because Kigali did not seal the bag properly. This is such a waste and I wonder how many other passengers suffered the same.
The Chileka Club
I remember Alan Wood, he worked with my father, Len Johansson. Marina Maltese first lived three years in Zambia where I knew her and her sister Cynthia. We went to the same school there. Then they moved to Malawi, and after a while we did too. I think they left before we arrived there though. I'm Maria Johansson and we arrived in Malawi in 1974. We lived quite near the Chileka club on the other side of the Chileka road. I don't remember that Alan Wood had children though. What might your name be?
Congrats on airport ranking
Officially the worst airport in the world, god bless you
Chileka Club
I was there at the Chileka club early to mid 70's. My Dad Alan Wood worked for the airline. I remember crispy bacon and samosas and swimming in the pool out the back of the club. I remember a girl called Marina Maltese and smoking 555 cigarettes in secret.
just one thing to fix up
This airport has a contact number that does work. 71-754-000
HARD DRIVE STOLEN OUT OF CHECK IN LUGGAGE
🔗 Mon, 02 May 2016
— Anonymous Flyer at O.R. Tambo International Airport, South Africa
I am disgusted by the fact that my property was stolen right out of my locked luggage. I flew on the 02/05/16 from Johannesburg to Cape town on mango flight JE123 at 5:55 this morning. After landing and checking my luggage i found that my lock had been removed and my hard drive taken from the bag. To say that this is the worst experience i have had , is an understatement. I feel that as a passenger my right to a safe flight and to not have any items stolen from checked in luggage has been violated. For goodness sake my bag was locked and the lock was removed by one of your personal , is this what we as passengers can expect from your airports staff!!!! i am disgusted and request that this situation be rectified immediately or i will be taking this further.