Hispanopedia WikiCoordinates: 13°36′53″N025°19′28″E / 13.61472°N 25.32444°E / 13.61472; 25.32444
El Fasher Airport(IATA: ELF, ICAO: HSFS), also known as Al Fashir Airport, is an airport serving El Fasher[1] (Al Fashir), the capital city of the North Darfur state in Sudan.
United Nationspeacekeeping force UNAMID uses a special terminal at El Fasher Airport for transportation.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of 2,393 feet (729 m) above mean sea level. It has 2 runways: 05/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,970 by 45 metres (9,744 ft × 148 ft) and 18/36 with a gravel surface measuring 1,527 by 45 metres (5,010 ft × 148 ft).[1]
Airlines and destinations
El Fasher Air Base
The airport hosts a number of Sudanese Air Force units:[5]
- Fighter (Close Air Support) Squadron (Sukhoi Su-25)
- Helicopter Squadron (Mil Mi-8, Mil Mi-24, Mil Mi-35)
- Transport Squadron (Antonov An-26)
References
External links
- Accident history for ELF at Aviation Safety Network
Categories:
- Airports in Sudan
- El Fasher
- Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces
- Air Transport Command airfields in Africa
- World War II airfields in Sudan