# Eastgate Airport / Air Force Base Hoedspruit (HDS / FAHS)

**Eastgate Airport / Air Force Base Hoedspruit** (IATA: HDS, ICAO: FAHS) is a medium airport in Hoedspruit, Limpopo, South Africa. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,991 m (13,094 ft). It is operated by South African Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/faht

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: HDS / FAHS
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: South African Air Force
- Serves: Hoedspruit, Limpopo, South Africa
- Elevation: 549 m / 1,801 ft
- Coordinates: -24.3619, 31.0529
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,991 m / 13,094 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
- Website: https://eastgateairport.co.za
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_Base_Hoedspruit (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4651416
- Weather station: FAHS · WMO 68290
- Ident: FAHT

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 3,991 m / 13,094 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt |  | yes |
| 09/27 | 2,115 m / 6,939 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [JNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faor.md) O.R. Tambo International Airport · South Africa · 345 km / 214 mi · CemAir, Airlink
- [GRJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fagg.md) George Airport · South Africa · 1,362 km / 846 mi · CemAir
- [CPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fact.md) Cape Town International Airport · South Africa · 1,611 km / 1,001 mi · FlySafair, CemAir, Airlink

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from HDS, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (3)

- 5Z [CemAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cemair) · 3
- 4Z [Airlink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airlink) · 2
- FA [FlySafair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flysafair) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,991 m / 13,094 ft | #155 of 29,858 | #18 in Africa | #5 in ZA |
| Elevation | 549 m / 1,801 ft | =9,913 of 43,403 | =1,752 in Africa | #378 in ZA |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =24 in Africa | =13 in ZA |

## Nearby airports

- [PHW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faph.md) Hendrik Van Eck Airport · 48 km / 30 mi
- [AAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/famd.md) Malamala Airport · 71 km / 44 mi
- [SZK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fasz.md) Skukuza Airport · 86 km / 53 mi
- [LTA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fatz.md) Tzaneen Airport · 95 km / 59 mi
- [MQP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fakn.md) Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport · 114 km / 71 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Air Force Base Hoedspruit”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Base_Hoedspruit&oldid=1362958031), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/faht/data