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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
5th Nov 2017, 15:36
Replies: 114
Views: 59,865
Posted By Broken Biscuits

Stopover on Ascension

As I understand it, there WILL be a stopover for the crew on Ascension Island.

The schedule is as per the normal weekly flight on Saturday, arriving at 1315 GMT on St Helena. The aircraft then...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
3rd Nov 2017, 09:02
Replies: 114
Views: 59,865
Posted By Broken Biscuits

Now visible in Google Earth

Google Earth has recently updated its images for St Helena and it now shows the completed airport and access road in some detail. The image date is given as 7th April 2017.

Unfortunately, there...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
30th Oct 2017, 23:04
Replies: 114
Views: 59,865
Posted By Broken Biscuits

Disappearing nav-aids at St Helena

I've noticed (on StHelenaAirport.com) that the LF radio beacon (NDB) is no longer listed as one of the nav-aids at St Helena Airport. I wonder if it's been switched off or did it just fail and not...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
31st Aug 2017, 09:55
Replies: 659
Views: 332,380
Posted By Broken Biscuits

Anyone got any idea what the range of fares...

Anyone got any idea what the range of fares means? Is it £804 for economy and £1,544 for business class? Or, perhaps, more likely, the lower fare if you book months in advance and the higher for...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Aug 2017, 19:42
Replies: 659
Views: 332,380
Posted By Broken Biscuits

That Youtube video was of the Comair proving...

That Youtube video was of the Comair proving flight last year, not yesterday's one.

It's interesting that the Airlink flight (ZS-YAA) returned all the way to Johnannesburg direct without stopping...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Jun 2017, 19:53
Replies: 659
Views: 332,380
Posted By Broken Biscuits

The Deluxe Airport of St Helena

It's not just the terminal that's over the top. It's got every conceivable navaid (apart I think from a VDF) - it's like they said to the nav aid supplier - money no object - it's being paid for by...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Feb 2017, 15:38
Replies: 659
Views: 332,380
Posted By Broken Biscuits

RESA info

DG I guess they are talking about the RESA. Runway 20 has a displaced threshold 300m from the northern end of the concrete, and a dirt RESA at the southern end, extending 300m from the end of the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
28th Jan 2017, 15:43
Replies: 659
Views: 332,380
Posted By Broken Biscuits

Embraer Video: A very smart video from...

Embraer Video:

A very smart video from Embraer about their recent flights to and around St Helena.

https://www.facebook.com/Embraer/videos/1013497558755741/
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
13th Jan 2017, 19:40
Replies: 659
Views: 332,380
Posted By Broken Biscuits

Lord Ashcroft flies in

From the latest edition of the St Helena Independent, it appears that Lord Ashcroft has finally flown into the island. About the middle of last year, his pilots had said it was too dangerous to land,...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Dec 2016, 18:20
Replies: 659
Views: 332,380
Posted By Broken Biscuits

VOR/DME approaches promulgated

I see that ATNS South Africa, the AIP provider for St Helena, now has a VOR/DME approach for both Runway 20 and Runway 02. Since the airport opened, these approach plates have been "deliberately...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
2nd Dec 2016, 14:35
Replies: 659
Views: 332,380
Posted By Broken Biscuits

The Embraer ERJ190 PP-XMA departed St Helena at...

The Embraer ERJ190 PP-XMA departed St Helena at 1347 today. It took off on runway 20 and did a circuit then flew at low level to the south of the island around to Jamestown where it did an orbit...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
2nd Dec 2016, 09:51
Replies: 659
Views: 332,380
Posted By Broken Biscuits

Well, Sure Atlantic, the internet service...

Well, Sure Atlantic, the internet service provider on St Helena has possibly the worst website of any similar outfit I've seen. I can't find what they offer except "Bronze", "Silver", "Gold" and...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Dec 2016, 17:29
Replies: 659
Views: 332,380
Posted By Broken Biscuits

As shown on the Flightradar 24 website, the...

As shown on the Flightradar 24 website, the ERJ190 (reg PP-XMA) has done 2 sessions of circuits this afternoon. The first appears to have been 5 circuits and the second four. There was at least one...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Jul 2016, 15:55
Replies: 659
Views: 332,380
Posted By Broken Biscuits

Flight Calibration Services back

The Flight Calibration Services staff are back on St Helena with the South African chartered turboprop aircraft performing further calibration checks of the airport's navaids.

Today it looks as...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Jul 2016, 18:13
Replies: 659
Views: 332,380
Posted By Broken Biscuits

Note from St Helena Government (via facebook)...

Note from St Helena Government (via facebook) saying that the RMS St Helena voyages have been extended until July 2017.
However, it says "the airport is open" as evidenced by a medevac flight...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
11th Jul 2016, 10:52
Replies: 659
Views: 332,380
Posted By Broken Biscuits

Hi Volare7266 As far as I can ascertain, the...

Hi Volare7266
As far as I can ascertain, the "official" source of aeronautical publications for St Helena is via ATNS South Africa (the air traffic services provider) who have been contracted to...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Jul 2016, 10:39
Replies: 659
Views: 332,380
Posted By Broken Biscuits

What are the options?

It's looking likely, as far as I can see, that the British Government will have to spend some significant amounts to get the St Helena Airport working as originally envisaged.

The runway is in the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
4th Jul 2016, 18:12
Replies: 659
Views: 332,380
Posted By Broken Biscuits

My guess is that the VOR will be rechecked with...

My guess is that the VOR will be rechecked with the relocated security fencing. Perhaps then there will be a VOR/DME approach for Runway 20, and possibly Runway 02 also.

Maybe they will do some...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Jun 2016, 13:09
Replies: 659
Views: 332,380
Posted By Broken Biscuits

Airport anemometer system out of action

Another note in the St Helena Independent mentions that a NOTAM has been issued saying that the anemometer system is U/S. The newspaper says what the NOTAM does not, namely that the airport is out...
Forum: Tech Log
15th Jun 2016, 20:49
Replies: 5
Views: 2,951
Posted By Broken Biscuits

GBAS - VHF Data Broadcast antenna type

This might seem a bit esoteric, but I haven't been able to find the answer anywhere on the web (yet!). I've been trying to get up to speed on GBAS - Ground Based Augmentation System - which is being...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Jun 2016, 13:17
Replies: 659
Views: 332,380
Posted By Broken Biscuits

WHBM - I agree the airport buildings look...

WHBM - I agree the airport buildings look relatively palatial. There are other things where expense has not been spared - the navaids provided is a case in point. About the only thing they haven't...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
11th Jun 2016, 21:37
Replies: 659
Views: 332,380
Posted By Broken Biscuits

Using Runway 02

Ok, so as we thought, SHG are going to try using Runway 02 with aircraft that can accept the tailwind.

This is fine, except that there is only one instrument approach specified for that runway at...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Jun 2016, 11:00
Replies: 659
Views: 332,380
Posted By Broken Biscuits

CGB - I wonder what the wind was like when you...

CGB - I wonder what the wind was like when you were there? The only data I can find that's relevant is in the Info Memorandum calling for proposals for the air service.

It's here:...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
4th Jun 2016, 20:11
Replies: 659
Views: 332,380
Posted By Broken Biscuits

The first medevac flight has taken place -...

The first medevac flight has taken place - evacuating a young child to Cape Town.

The plane was a Falcon 20 out of Lanseria via Walvis Bay, and it landed on Runway 02. A picture on the "What the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
3rd Jun 2016, 09:58
Replies: 659
Views: 332,380
Posted By Broken Biscuits

That article by Lord Ashcroft mentioned above...

That article by Lord Ashcroft mentioned above with the quotes from the various pilots that have landed on St Helena is an eye-opener.

Most telling to me is that his own pilots advised against...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Jun 2016, 12:46
Replies: 659
Views: 332,380
Posted By Broken Biscuits

I must admit I was staggered when the scale of...

I must admit I was staggered when the scale of the earthworks proposed to build the runway was revealed (when was that - about 10 years ago now?). I thought the Shelco proposal was novel and...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
31st May 2016, 19:53
Replies: 659
Views: 332,380
Posted By Broken Biscuits

Wind shear predicted by Met Office - and GBAS...

I came across an interesting note on the Met Office website here:

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/media/pdf/s/j/15_0246_st_helena_airport_assessing_climatology_and_wind_shear.pdf

They did a study...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
11th May 2016, 21:53
Replies: 659
Views: 332,380
Posted By Broken Biscuits

This is a fine mess you've got me into...

Well, the thick end of a quarter of a billion spent and what have we got for it? A lavish airport terminal, fancy control tower and 14km of new road but only virtual aircraft arriving and departing...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
5th May 2016, 18:06
Replies: 659
Views: 332,380
Posted By Broken Biscuits

St Helena navaids relocation

I wonder if anyone knows definitively why the VOR and localizer positions were moved on St Helena? I kind of initially assumed that it was due to terrain reflections, and specifically for the VOR...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Apr 2016, 21:46
Replies: 659
Views: 332,380
Posted By Broken Biscuits

Wow - opening of the airport delayed - that's a...

Wow - opening of the airport delayed - that's a biggy. Depending on how long the delay is could affect the removal from service of the RMS St Helena.
South Atlantic Media Services says on its...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Apr 2016, 20:15
Replies: 659
Views: 332,380
Posted By Broken Biscuits

St Helena - parking issues?

Well, it's been an exciting week on St Helena with the successful operation of the Comair implementation flight on Monday. (There's a good video available on the St Helena Government facebook site)....
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Apr 2016, 18:49
Replies: 659
Views: 332,380
Posted By Broken Biscuits

P2C - Well spotted, they've swapped around the...

P2C - Well spotted, they've swapped around the numbers in the table on chart FHSH AD 2-11
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Apr 2016, 11:46
Replies: 659
Views: 332,380
Posted By Broken Biscuits

I see that ATNS, the South African ATS provider...

I see that ATNS, the South African ATS provider who are contracted to handle St Helena's aeronautical info, have now published the charts and other information regarding the airport. It is at ATNS:...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Apr 2016, 16:02
Replies: 659
Views: 332,380
Posted By Broken Biscuits

Inquisitor - the convention is for runways to be...

Inquisitor - the convention is for runways to be designated by their magnetic bearings because aircraft basically use a magnetic compasses for navigation. VORs for example are calibrated to give...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
7th Apr 2016, 17:59
Replies: 659
Views: 332,380
Posted By Broken Biscuits

More navaid info for St Helena

There's some more info escaped into the wild about the new airport's navaids and comms facilities. It's on the OpenAIP.net website.

There's two comm frequencies available, 119.1 for Approach...
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