Port Sudan Military Airport Explained

Port Sudan Military Airport is an airport located within Port Sudan.

Port Sudan Military Airport
Type:Military
City-Served:Port Sudan, Sudan
Elevation-F:21
Coordinates:19.5775°N 37.2158°W
Pushpin Map:Sudan
Pushpin Image:Red Sea in Sudan (+claims hatched) (Kafia Kingi disputed).svg
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Sudan (Northern state highlighted)
Pushpin Label:HSDN
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mark:Yellow_pog.svg
Pushpin Marksize:8
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:18/36
R1-Length-F:6562
R1-Length-M:2000
R1-Surface:Asphalt

The airport was once a civilian airfield and replaced by Port Sudan New International Airport opened in 1992. The new airport has assumed the ICAO airport code HSSP replacing HSPN.

Port Sudan Air Base

It currently hosts Sudanese Air Force Flight School (Aeronautics College) using a number of trainer aircraft not found in the active inventory of the SAF:[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Orbats .
  2. Web site: Accident Nanchang PT-6 256, 27 Dec 2017 .