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Ben Schoeman airport in East London (South Africa)
Ben Schoeman airport is located near East London, with Willow Park at 1mi↑, Greenfields at 2mi↑, Duncan Village at 3mi↑, East London at 5mi↑, Bhisho at 26mi↑, King William’s Town at 27mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in South Africa and Southernmost airports in South Africa
→ See also airports in South Africa
aerial view of Ben Schoeman airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : FAEL
- IATA code : ELS
- Local code : -
Elevation : 133 m = 436ft
→ See also Highest airports in South Africa and Lowest airports in South Africa
Runways
- runway 11/29 : 1939m = 6362ft
- runway 06/24 : 1585m = 5200ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in South Africa
Coming to Ben Schoeman airport
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By plane :
- Ben Schoeman airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Bisho airport at 33mi : book on Trip.com
- Port Alfred airport at 65mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Ben Schoeman airport FAEL ELS
METAR for Ben Schoeman airport FAEL ELS
FAEL 071800Z 27005KT 9999 FEW036 15/11 Q1023
Decoded METAR for Ben Schoeman airport FAEL ELS
METAR issued by FAEL on Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 18:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 2 days and 54 hours and -2875 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 15°C = 59°F, dew point is 11°C = 52°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 77 %.
QNH is 1023hPa = 30.21inHg
Wind 9km/h = 5kt, direction is 270°.
Clouds : few clouds at 3600ft = 1100m.
TAF for Ben Schoeman airport FAEL ELS
FAEL 070900Z 0710/0719 16008KT CAVOK TX22/0712Z TN16/0719Z BECMG 0716/0718 24008KT
Decoded TAF for Ben Schoeman airport FAEL ELS
TAF issued by FAEL on Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 09:00 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 2 days and 15 hours and 5 minutes. weather forecast for 9 hours, weather forecast updated every 3 hours.
from Tuesday, October 7, 2025 à 10:00 heure TU to Tuesday, October 7, 2025 à 16:00 heure UTC
0710/0719 16008KT CAVOK TX22/0712Z TN16/0719Z
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 160°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
becoming from Tuesday, October 7, 2025 à 18:00 heure TU to Tuesday, October 7, 2025 à 19:00 heure UTC
BECMG 0716/0718 24008KT
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 240°
NOTAM for Ben Schoeman airport
Around Ben Schoeman airport in East London (South Africa)
near
- Hotels in Willow Park
- Station de montagne La Molina at 5460mi↑
- Station de montagne Puigmal 2900 at 5463mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Cambre d'Aze at 5466mi↑
- Station de montagne Capcir at 5469mi↑
- Station de montagne Bolquère Pyrénées 2000 at 5470mi↑
- Station de montagne La Quillane at 5470mi↑
- Station de montagne Font-Romeu at 5470mi↑
- Station de montagne Gréolières-les-Neiges at 5472mi↑
- Station de montagne Les Angles at 5473mi↑
- Station de montagne La Rabassa at 5475mi↑
- Station de montagne Formiguères at 5476mi↑
- Station de montagne Porté Puymorens at 5477mi↑
- for Ben Schoeman airport at 0mi↑
- for Hood Point airport at 4mi↑
- for Wings Park airport at 15mi↑
nearest airports to Ben Schoeman airport in East London (South Africa)
- Hood Point heliport ( ZA-0302) at 4mi↑
- Wings Park airport ( ZA-0182) at 15mi↑
- Kwelega Road Airstrip airport ( ZA-0181) at 15mi↑
- Whats Landing airport ( ZA-0180) at 16mi↑
- Chalumna River Airstrip airport ( ZA-0160) at 19mi↑defunct airport
- Haga Haga airport ( ZA-0184) at 30mi↑
- Komga airport (FAKO ) at 31mi↑NOTAM
- Mtwentwe Farm airport ( ZA-0183) at 31mi↑
- Bisho airport (FABE BIY ) at 33mi↑NOTAM
- Brown's Landing airport ( ZA-0004) at 37mi↑
→ See also Former airports in South Africa
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap