El Fasher Airport Explained

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.

Facilities

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).

El Fasher Air Base

The airport hosts a number of Sudanese Air Force units:[2]

Notes and References

  1. from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. Web site: Orbats .