Port Stanley Airport

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Port Stanley Airport
IATA: PSY ICAO: SFAL
Summary
Airport type	public
Owner	Falkland Islands Government
Operator	Falkland Islands Government Air Service
Location	Stanley, Falkland Islands
Opened	1 May 1979 (1979-05-01)
Time zone	Falkland Islands Standard Time (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL	23 m / 75 ft
Coordinates	51°41′08″S 57°46′39″W / 51.68556°S 57.77750°W / -51.68556; -57.77750
Map
Port Stanley Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 09/27 918 3,013 asphalt 18/36 338 1,110 asphalt
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Port Stanley Airport (IATA: PSY, ICAO: SFAL), also merely known as Stanley Airport, is a small civil airport in the Falkland Islands, located two miles (3 kilometres) from the capital, Stanley. This airport is the only civilian airport in the islands with a paved runway. However, the military airbase at RAF Mount Pleasant, located to the west of Stanley, functions as the islands' main international airport, because it has a long runway capable of handling wide-body aircraft, and allows civilian flights by prior permission from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). Port Stanley Airport is owned by the Government of the Falkland Islands, operated by the Falkland Islands Government Air Service (commonly known by its abbreviation FIGAS), and is used for internal flights between the islands and flights between the Falklands and Antarctica. It has two asphalt-paved runways; its main runway 09/27 is 918 by 19 metres (3,012 by 62 feet),^[2] and its secondary runway 18/36 is 338 metres (1,109 feet) long.