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Ben Schoeman airport at East London (South Africa)
Ben Schoeman airport is located near East London, with Willow Park at 1mi↑, Greenfields at 2mi↑, Duncan Village at 3mi↑, East London at 5mi↑, Bhisho at 26mi↑, King William’s Town at 27mi↑, Bulembu at 35mi↑, Morgan’s Bay at 38mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in South Africa and Southernmost airports in South Africa
→ See also airports in South Africa
aerial view of Ben Schoeman airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : FAEL
- IATA code : ELS
- Local code : -
Elevation : 133 m = 436ft
→ See also Highest airports in South Africa and Lowest airports in South Africa
Runways
- runway 11/29 : 1939m = 6362ft
- runway 06/24 : 1585m = 5200ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in South Africa
Coming to Ben Schoeman airport
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
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By plane :
- Ben Schoeman airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Bisho airport at 33mi : book on Trip.com
- Port Alfred airport at 65mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Ben Schoeman airport FAEL ELS
METAR for Ben Schoeman airport FAEL ELS
FAEL 271300Z 06015KT 030V090 9999 BKN020 BKN030 23/19 Q1012
Decoded METAR for Ben Schoeman airport FAEL ELS
METAR issued by FAEL on Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 13:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 14 hours and 20 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 23°C = 73°F, dew point is 19°C = 66°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 78%.
QNH is 1012hPa = 29.88inHg
Wind 28km/h = 15kt, direction is 60°.
Clouds : broken at 2000ft = 610m. broken at 3000ft = 910m.
TAF for Ben Schoeman airport FAEL ELS
FAEL 270900Z 2710/2719 07018KT 9999 BKN035 TX27/2711Z TN19/2718Z TEMPO 2712/2715 08020G30KT TEMPO 2715/2719 -RA BKN020
Decoded TAF for Ben Schoeman airport FAEL ELS
TAF issued by FAEL on Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:00 UTC, issued 18 hours and 20 minutes. weather forecast for 9 hours, weather forecast updated every 3 hours.
from Thursday, February 27, 2025 à 10:00 heure TU to Thursday, February 27, 2025 à 19:00 heure UTC
2710/2719 07018KT 9999 BKN035 TX27/2711Z TN19/2718Z
wind 18kt = 33km/h, direction is 70°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
broken at 3500ft = 1070m
temporarily from Thursday, February 27, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Thursday, February 27, 2025 à 15:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 2712/2715 08020G30KT
wind 20kt = 37km/h with gusts at 30kt = 56km/h, direction is 80°
temporarily from Thursday, February 27, 2025 à 15:00 heure TU to Thursday, February 27, 2025 à 19:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 2715/2719 -RA BKN020
light rain
broken at 2000ft = 610m
NOTAM for Ben Schoeman airport
Around Ben Schoeman airport at East London (South Africa)
near
- Hotels in Willow Park
- Station de montagne La Molina at 5460mi↑
- Station de montagne Puigmal 2900 at 5463mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Cambre d'Aze at 5466mi↑
- Station de montagne Capcir at 5469mi↑
- Station de montagne Bolquère Pyrénées 2000 at 5470mi↑
- Station de montagne La Quillane at 5470mi↑
- Station de montagne Font-Romeu at 5470mi↑
- Station de montagne Gréolières-les-Neiges at 5472mi↑
- Station de montagne Les Angles at 5473mi↑
- Station de montagne La Rabassa at 5475mi↑
- Station de montagne Formiguères at 5476mi↑
- Station de montagne Porté Puymorens at 5477mi↑
- for Ben Schoeman airport at 0mi↑
- for Hood Point airport at 4mi↑
- for Wings Park airport at 15mi↑
nearest airports to Ben Schoeman airport at East London (South Africa)
- Hood Point heliport ( ZA-0302) at 4mi↑
- Wings Park airport ( ZA-0182) at 15mi↑
- Kwelega Road Airstrip airport ( ZA-0181) at 15mi↑
- Whats Landing airport ( ZA-0180) at 16mi↑
- Chalumna River Airstrip airport ( ZA-0160) at 19mi↑defunct airport
- Haga Haga airport ( ZA-0184) at 30mi↑
- Komga airport (FAKO ) at 31mi↑NOTAM
- Mtwentwe Farm airport ( ZA-0183) at 31mi↑
- Bisho airport (FABE BIY ) at 33mi↑NOTAM
- Brown's Landing airport ( ZA-0004) at 37mi↑
- Keimouth airport (FAKE ) at 38mi↑NOTAM
- Stutterheim airport (FATM ) at 39mi↑NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in South Africa
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap