HLE

Saint Helena International Airport

ICAO FHSH15.9589°S 5.6461°W310 m / 1,017 ftMedium airport
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Saint Helena International Airport (IATA: HLE, ICAO: FHSH) is a medium airport in Jamestown, Saint Helena, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. It opened on 14 Oct 2017. It has one runway, 1,950 m (6,398 ft) long, asphalt.

Timeline

1 event · 2017–2017
14 OCT 2017
OpenedSaint Helena International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
St Helena Airport terminal
01/19359° / 179° · LIT
LENGTH1,950 m6,398 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

3 destinations · 2 countries

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from HLE. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Saint Helena Airport” (revision of 7 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway1,950 m6,398 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=4,186of 29,823 · #471 Africa · #2 SHElevation310 m1,017 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=17,370of 43,341 · =2,307 Africa · #1 SHAgeOpened 20172026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=13,520of 15,079 · =139 AfricaRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =176 Africa · =1 SH
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

2 channels
TWR118.200
APP119.100