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Hoedspruit Afb Airport



AFB Hoedspruit
Air Force Base Hoedspruit
IATA: none – ICAO: FAHS
Summary
Airport type Military
Operator South African Air Force
Location Hoedspruit, Limpopo, South Africa
Elevation AMSL 1743 ft / 531 m
Coordinates 24°21′17″S 31°03′01″E / 24.35472°S 31.05028°E / -24.35472; 31.05028 (AFB Hoedspruit)Coordinates: 24°21′17″S 31°03′01″E / 24.35472°S 31.05028°E / -24.35472; 31.05028 (AFB Hoedspruit)
Website www.af.mil.za
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
09/27 6939 2115 Asphalt
18/36 13095 3991 Asphalt

Air Force Base Hoedspruit (ICAO: FAHS) is an airbase of the South African Air Force. It is located adjacent to the Kruger National Park. In the late 1990s an unused portion of the base was converted into a civilian airport known as Eastgate Airport. It is also an emergency landing site for the Space Shuttle.

Units Hosted

  • 19 Squadron - Helicopter squadron
  • 101 Squadron - Light transport (reserve)
  • 514 Squadron - Security services
  • 7 Aircraft Servicing Unit - Maintenance support
  • Lowveld Airspace Control Sector - Airspace control
  • Air Force Command and Control School - Training

History

The base was officially opened on 1 July 1978. It was designed from the start to be a highly-protected wartime base. As such, it has armoured and underground hangars, with revetments placed close to the runways for aircraft on immediate take-off standby duty.

The base is teeming with wildlife, being surrounded by the 25 km² AFB Hoedspruit Game Reserve. Keeping the runway clear of animals was a massive problem. This led the base to introduce three cheetahs on the flight line, with the end result that animal incursions onto the runway have decreased by 90%. Another SAAF base, AFB Makhado, has since also adopted this concept.

The base gained international media attention in 2000, when it hosted the United States Air Force's rescue contingent as part of Operation Atlas Response, the mission to provide rescue and humanitarian support to areas of Mozambique devastated by the severe flooding caused by Cyclone Eline.

The base motto is Pro Nostrorum Pace (Peace for our People).

Eastgate Airport Scheduled Services

  • South African Airways (Johannesburg)


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General Info
Country South Africa
ICAO ID FAHS
Time UTC+2
Latitude -24.368642
24° 22' 07.11" S
Longitude 31.048744
031° 02' 55.48" E
Elevation 1743 feet
531 meters
Type Military
Magnetic Variation 016° W (01/06)
Operating Agency MILITARY
Operating Hours SEE REMARKS FOR OPERATING HOURS OR COMMUNICATIONS FOR POSSIBLE HOURS


Communications
TWR
Opr 0500-1300Z Mon-Fri.
119.6
APP
Opr 0500-1300Z Mon-Fri.
126.4


Runways
ID Dimensions Surface PCN ILS
09/27 6939 x 88 feet
2115 x 27 meters
ASPHALT - NO
18/36 13095 x 151 feet
3991 x 46 meters
ASPHALT - NO


Navaids
Type ID Name Channel Freq Distance From Field Bearing From Navaid
VORTAC HSV HOEDSPRUIT 087X 114 1.3 NM 177.2
NDB HA HOEDSPRUIT - 265 2.0 NM 171.8


Supplies/Equipment
Fuel Jet A1, without icing nhibitor.

100/130 MIL Spec, low lead, aviation gasoline (BLUE)


Remarks
A-GEAR Rwy 18-36 type unk. (OS UFN)
CAUTION Blasting at open pit mine 2 NM N, dgr to 2000' AGL.
FUEL Avbl by prior arng. (NC-100LL, A1)
LGT PAPI Rwy 18-36 GP 2.8
OPR HOURS Opr 0500-1530Z Mon-Fri, OT opr HO.



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