FAHS · HDS
Eastgate Airport / Air Force Base Hoedspruit
Eastgate Airport / Air Force Base Hoedspruit (FAHS / HDS) is an airfield with scheduled airline service serving Hoedspruit, Limpopo. The field lies at 1,801 ft (549 m) above sea level and has two crossing runways, the longest 13,094 ft (3,991 m), asphalt and lit. Its nearest neighbour is Ngala Airport (NGL), 15 nm E.
Alārium shows aircraft arriving at and departing from HDS in real time and in three dimensions, with current weather from the field’s own METAR, the runway the wind favours, and the movements observed there.
Location
- Elevation
- 1,801 ft (549 m)
- Coordinates
- -24.3619, 31.0529
- Serving
- Hoedspruit
- Region
- Limpopo
- Time zone
- Africa/Johannesburg
Runways2 · longest 13,094 ft
Orientation and relative length from the designator: runway 18 points 180° magnetic. No published thresholds here, so strips sit about the field centre. Not a chart to navigate by.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 13,094 ft3,991 m | 148 ft | Asphalt | Lit |
| 09/27 | 6,939 ft2,115 m | 98 ft | Asphalt | Lit |
Nearby airfields
- Nearest paved 3,000 ft
- PHWHendrik Van Eck Airport · 26 nm NNE
- Airfields within 25 nm
- 1
Field data: OurAirports, public domain. Positions: ADS-B, which does not carry every aircraft.