List of airports in the Falkland Islands explained

The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located about 250nmi from the coast of mainland South America and from mainland Antarctica. The archipelago, consisting of East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 lesser islands, is a self-governing Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom.^[1] The capital, Stanley, is on East Falkland. The islands contain two airports with paved runways, with settlements around the archipelago served by grass airstrips.

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Airports

Location served	ICAO	IATA	Airport name	Coordinates
Civil airports
Stanley	SFAL	PSY	Port Stanley Airport
Military airports
Mount Pleasant	EGYP	MPN	RAF Mount Pleasant (Royal Air Force base)

Other FIGAS airstrips

East Falklands:

• Bleaker Island
• Darwin
• Douglas Station (-51.46°N -58.6133°W)
• George Island (-52.3497°N -59.7597°W)
• Goose Green (-51.82°N -58.9817°W)
• Lively Island (-51.9953°N -58.4611°W)
• North Arm (-52.1236°N -59.3706°W)
• Port San Carlos (-51.5017°N -59.0044°W)
• Salvador (-51.4358°N -58.3769°W)
• Sea Lion Island (-52.4275°N -59.0783°W)
• Speedwell Island

West Falklands:

• Albemarle
• Beaver Island (-51.8403°N -61.2331°W)
• Carcass Island (-51.2642°N -60.5908°W)
• Chartres
• Dunnose Head (-51.7533°N -60.4164°W)
• Fox Bay (-51.9342°N -60.0633°W)
• Hill Cove (-51.505°N -60.1453°W)
• New Island (-51.7461°N -61.2817°W)
• Pebble Island (-51.3092°N -59.6097°W)
• Port Edgar
• Port Howard (-51.6133°N -59.5164°W)
• Port Stephens (-52.0956°N -60.8511°W)
• Roy Cove (-51.5397°N -60.3561°W)
• Saunders Island
• Shallow Harbour (-51.7556°N -60.5358°W)
• Spring Point (-51.8297°N -60.4531°W)
• Weddell Island (-51.8758°N -60.9064°W)
• West Point Island (-51.3456°N -60.6842°W)

Source:^{[2] [3]}

They are in general 500–700 metres (1,600–2,300 ft) long

See also

• Transport in the Falkland Islands
  • List of airports in the United Kingdom and the British Crown Dependencies

References

• Web site: ICAO Location Indicators by State . . 12 January 2006.
• Web site: UN Location Codes: Falkland Islands (Malvinas) . UN/LOCODE 2009-2 . . 8 February 2010. - includes IATA codes
• Great Circle Mapper: Airports in the Falkland Islands - IATA and ICAO airport codes
• OurAirports: Airports in the Falkland Islands - lists 13 Falkland Island airports

Footnotes

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Islands: Location . Falkland Islands Government web site . 2007 . 8 April 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070428023347/http://www.falklands.gov.fk/location.php . 28 April 2007 .
2. Web site: FIGAS (Falkland Islands Government Air Service) - Visitor Information.
3. https://www.fig.gov.fk/aviation/camp-airstrips Camp Airstrips