# RAF Ascension Island (ASI / FHAW)

**RAF Ascension Island** (IATA: ASI, ICAO: FHAW) is a medium airport in Cat Hill, Ascension, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. It has one runway, 3,054 m (10,019 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ASI / FHAW
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Owner: Ministry of Defence
- Serves: Cat Hill, Ascension, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- Elevation: 85 m / 278 ft
- Coordinates: -7.9702, -14.3927
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,054 m / 10,019 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0 · Atlantic/St_Helena
- Website: https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/stations/ascension-island-base/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Ascension_Island (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1968916
- Weather station: FHAW · WMO 61902
- Ident: FHAW

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 3,054 m / 10,019 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 117° / 297° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,054 m / 10,019 ft | #989 of 29,858 | #161 in Africa | #1 in SH |
| Elevation | 85 m / 278 ft | =31,907 of 43,403 | #2,712 in Africa | #2 in SH |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =1 in SH |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | RAF HAVENS HF | 1124.700 |
| ACC | ATLANTICO FIR | 1795.500 |
| RDO | ASCENSION RDO | 1078.000 |
| TWR | WIDEAWAKE TWR | 126.200 |

## Nearby airports

No open airport within 150 km / 93 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)
- [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/fhaw/data