El Fashir Airport | |
Iata: | ELF |
Icao: | HSFS |
Type: | Public / Military |
Operator: | Government |
City-Served: | El Fasher, Sudan |
Elevation-F: | 2,393 |
Pushpin Map: | Sudan |
Pushpin Image: | Locator map Sudan North Darfur.png |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Sudan (North Darfur state highlighted) |
Pushpin Label: | HSFS |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Mark: | Yellow_pog.svg |
Pushpin Marksize: | 8 |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
R1-Number: | 05/23 |
R1-Length-M: | 2,970 |
R1-Length-F: | 9,744 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
R2-Number: | 18/36 |
R2-Length-M: | 1,527 |
R2-Surface: | Gravel |
Footnotes: | Sources:[1] |
El Fasher Airport, also known as Al Fashir Airport, is an airport serving El Fasher (Al Fashir), the capital city of the North Darfur state in Sudan.
United Nations peacekeeping force UNAMID uses a special terminal at El Fasher Airport for transportation.
The airport resides at an elevation of 2393feet above mean sea level. It has 2 runways: 05/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 2970mx45mm (9,740feetx148feetm) and 18/36 with a gravel surface measuring 1527mx45mm (5,010feetx148feetm).
The airport hosts a number of Sudanese Air Force units:[2]