King Phalo Airport
King Phalo Airport is an airport serving East London, a city in the Eastern Cape province on the southeast coast of South Africa. The airport handles between 20 and 30 flights daily.Photo: Danie van der Merwe, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Airport
- Description: airport in South Africa
- Also known as: “Ben Schoeman”, “East London Airport”, “ELS”, and “FAEL”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East London and Quigney.
East London
Photo: Bfluff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East London, officially KuGompo City since February 2026, is a city on the southeastern coast of South Africa, in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape Province.
Quigney
Suburb
Quigney is a suburb of East London in South Africa. It got its name from the "Gwygney River" according to the earliest maps of East London from September 1847 by William Jervois. The municipality started to sell plots "east of the Quigney River" after 1883. Quigney is situated 9 km east of King Phalo Airport.
King Phalo Airport
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“King Phalo Airport” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Oos-Londenlughawe”
- Cebuano: “East London Airport”
- Chinese: “东伦敦机场”
- Chinese: “東倫敦機場”
- French: “aéroport d’East London”
- French: “Aéroport d’East London”
- French: “ELS”
- German: “Flughafen East London”
- Indonesian: “ELS”
- Indonesian: “FAEL”
- Japanese: “イースト・ロンドン”
- Japanese: “イースト・ロンドン空港”
- Japanese: “キング・ファーロ空港”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang East London”
- Persian: “ELS”
- Persian: “FAEL”
- Persian: “فرودگاه ایست لندن”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy East London”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul East London”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи оист лондан”
- Turkish: “Oos-Londenlughawe Havalimanı”
- Vietnamese: “Sân bay East London”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Orange Grove and Willow Park.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Potter’s Pass and Leach’s Bay.
Eastern Cape: Must-Visit Destinations
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