# Saint Helena International Airport (HLE / FHSH)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: HLE / FHSH
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Jamestown, Saint Helena, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- Opened: 14 Oct 2017
- Elevation: 310 m / 1,017 ft
- Coordinates: -15.9589, -5.6461
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,950 m / 6,398 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0 · Atlantic/St_Helena
- Website: https://sthelenaairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Helena_Airport (26 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q269294
- Ident: FHSH

## Timeline

- 14 Oct 2017: Saint Helena International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 1,950 m / 6,398 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 359° / 179° | yes |

## Routes

3 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [JNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faor.md) O.R. Tambo International Airport · South Africa · 3,682 km / 2,288 mi · Airlink

### Seasonal (1)

- [CPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fact.md) Cape Town International Airport · South Africa · 3,145 km / 1,954 mi · Airlink

### Charter (1)

- [ASI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fhaw.md) RAF Ascension Island · St. Helena · 1,301 km / 808 mi · Airlink

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- [Atlantic Star Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/atlantic-star-airlines)

### Passenger (1)

- 4Z [Airlink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airlink) · 3

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,950 m / 6,398 ft | =4,187 of 29,858 | #471 in Africa | #2 in SH |
| Elevation | 310 m / 1,017 ft | =17,386 of 43,403 | =2,307 in Africa | #1 in SH |
| Age | Opened 2017 | =13,507 of 15,079 | =139 in Africa |  |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =1 in SH |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR |  | 118.200 |
| APP |  | 119.100 |

## Nearby airports

No open airport within 150 km / 93 mi.

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Saint Helena Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint_Helena_Airport&oldid=1373670517), revision of 7 Sep 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/fhsh/data