On the volcano shield , in the South West corner between Third Gulch and Gypsy Gulch on the 550m contour there seems to be a relatively clear area about 2km long . Meanwhile the airport will be ok for smaller planes doing medical evacuations, and for the private jets of any billionaire who happens to be flying overhead. (David Stanley/Flickr). When the harbour is built a runway at some later date could be more viable . It came alive, gracefully accepting its island identity, no longer just a big building on ‘Bay Plain.’ Professional mind you, but definitely an airport for the people of St Helena. We do participate in multiple affiliate programs and earn commission on those sales made via this site – You can read our Amazon Affiliate Disclaimer here. Reckon you could sell a regular charter package for that. I would of thought a local population might of been useful as a general workforce.

On St. Helena, the wind is nearly always blowing from the south end of the runway, which meant planes would have to land with a tailwind.

Cheers . Which means that someday, the British government could stop paying subsidies to St. Helena. The airport has been put in just about the only place on the island that could host an airport. Speaking of which, no arrangement for Wideawake (RAF Station Ascension) to be used as an alternative for St. Helena yet.

If it were up to me, I’d say evacuate and abandon. There was no one there! That’s the only source of income that can be exploited. Learning first-hand that all air-side systems and processes had functioned perfectly was brilliant. @wf, @PJS, @monkey – Could someone see if Agusta-Westland or GKN still have the plans for the Saunders-Roe Princess in a drawer somewhere? Wouldn’t this enable larger aircraft to operate from the new airport? Day before the SA Airlink flight, a rare but welcome press conference at The Castle in Jamestown with SHG personnel sharing the latest St Helena Airport news. Designated parking bays have a time-limit of 4 hours. Fingers crossed the good news continues. Brilliant news for the Islanders in the great transportation link they can utilize as well as the potential for tourist or even some commercial venture in the seas around the island. St. Helena is far from nailing down its status as an oddball vacation hotspot, despite the fact that so much money has been invested into its airport. I know this is a stupid question…but why aren’t Catalina-type flying boats considered for such inter-islands operations… I am just curious…. — Thierry Lentz, the head of Fondation Napoleon, explaining to The Guardian how interest in the iconic political leader could help boost tourism to the island country in the coming years, especially as the island gets an airport of its own and the 200th anniversary of his death nears. I pretty much agree, considering it is a constant stick that is used to bash our country with internationally proper restitution to the Chagossians should be look into. http://johntyrrell.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/the-disturbing-story-of-st-helena.html, Video of test landing at St Helena Airport with the pilot reporting high wind shear issues. The runway is designed to accommodate the Boeing 737- 800 or Airbus 319. Perhaps use a slightly too sturdy for its size, A318? Press conference is really healthy for the island as a hold let’s hope this will continue. Tropical, marine and mild climate (Köppen climate classification Am). Ps. http://sthelenaonline.org/2013/06/14/no-flights-from-london-woah-im-going-to-barbados//.


Even so, thank you Atlantic Star. St Helena Airport firemen bringing in extra seating for the Viewing Deck and cafe.

Meanwhile, Falkland Islanders are actually well-aware of problems with wind, which have at times been so bad that local residents have called for the airport—which itself cost £215 million ($224 million) to be built in 1985—to be moved somewhere else on the island. A volcanic island located about 1,200 miles off the southwestern African coast, it’s one of the world’s most remote islands, with a population of slightly more than 4,500 people that generally identify as British. Certainly, it’s a beautiful-looking island, one of the world’s most unique, and one that has interesting tourist destinations, such as Jacob’s Ladder, a 699-step behemoth of a staircase that was once surrounded by vertical railways intended to deliver goods from the top of the hill to the valley and vice-versa.

It would have a distance to get down to the settlements on the coastline but runways have been built in worse places. LOOKS AS THOUGH IT`S HEADING FOR CAPE TOWN .
The airport is due to open in 2016 with the first test and calibration flight by FCSL scheduled. Perhaps what they scrape of the volcano to make the runway could be belt conveyed to the coast to build a harbour similar to the Chinese operations in the South China Sea. Quite why the whole of the Chagos population had to be deported I have no idea, but Diego Garcia is a long way from the rest of the islands – and was empty in 1963.

The contract was let to Basil Read, a South African construction company and work started in 2012. The new facilities are admittedly basic and not suitable for any long stays, but Ascension has no effective sheltered port at all, and , as you say, loaded C17’s could land to resupply , without the need to take off with cargo. Tristan da Cunha, looking to the outside world to plan its future. JH, not mocking, just not able to grasp that particluar mindset. Flight delays can be expected during the winter months, You can book your flight direct to St Helena here. Air Partner then sourced SA Airlink to deliver the flight. Oddly enough just half watched a segment on French news last night on TF1 (French equivalent of the Beeb, but with ads) on the island and airport. I must admit I was always slightly puzzled why we needed to evict them in the first when we leased the land to the US for the construction of the airbase. If you are range limited and can’t inflight refuel so you can’t make it from Ascension to FI in one hop 3403 nm/6302 km, you could, given a proper runway, save 1283 nm/2376 km by staging through Tristan de Cunha. This code is usually used by aviation professionals to identify the Airport. Is a public transport service available to and from the Airport? Just a quick thought re Tristan De Cunha: given the likes of a US2 seaplane having landing and takeoff distances of around 300m, along with 4000km ranges, the idea of an expanded harbour which doubles as a sea plane landing area sounds like a great way to give the place an emergency medevac / delivery service / well heeled tourist transport that works the majority of the time….

@wf; @TD – As for improving the harbo(u)r: MULBERRIES!

SA Airlink was the government’s successful bidder to provide a weekly scheduled air service to the island from OR Tambo Airport in Johannesburg.

thank you for another informative post – it is wonderful to see the airport at St Helena busy and functioning well. Longwood House, the place where Napoleon lived out the final years of his life in exile. Thanks for the update on the 757 acceptance.

@PJS, @monkey, @Kent: build a big enough breakwater protected area, then seaplane access without diversion options might become more realistic :-). ... Runway length – 1850m x 45m.

Had this changed we might have incurred a significant delay for bid re-calculation and re-submission which would have been terrible news for everyone desperate for the long promised, faster, cheaper travel. Atlantic Star organised a successful landing of an Avro RJ100 on both runway approaches. Wednesday 3 May, 2017 was the day St Helena Airport was truly ‘open.’ This was what we signed up for and it was fantastic to see. October 1943: The Union Defence Force of South Africa arrives to investigate the feasibility of building an airport on St Helena. If there’s a delay at any of the three stops, it might compromise the entire trip, because if you don’t make your connecting flight, you’re screwed. Q. As for South Georgia, either you can see its ability to be the next North Sea Oil economic boost to Britain in about 30 years time, or you cannot. They need to diversify their financial base with more industry, agriculture or fishing otherwise a new airport is just makeup on a pig. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. So could the MV-22C Osprey for that fact…. Subsequently went on to manage all of the drill and blasting operations in the earthworks.

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Airlink also runs a monthly service to Ascension to cater for the contractors working up in Ascension and the Falkland Islands. But, in 2013, the Saint Helena government along with construction company Basil Read undertook some modifications to allow larger aircraft to land. Only thing I can think of is to increase the fishing fleet. Apparently The name ... Dieter Deswarte made two short films about life on the island for the BBC and he’s currently working on a feature-length documentary about life on the island. What a job that must of been to plan and design I bet it won’t be forgotten in hurry by those involved. The country that imported them onto the Islands as slaves was France and it was a historic happenstance that Britain gained them when Napoleon was defeated, it was a further accident of history that they remained in British hands with the independence of Mauritius.


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