King Phalo Airport

King Phalo Airport is an serving East London, a city in the province on the southeast coast of . The airport handles between 20 and 30 flights daily.
  • 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.

, officially KuGompo City since February 2026, is a city on the southeastern coast of , in the , Province.

Suburb
is a suburb of East London in . 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 River" after 1883. is situated 9 km east of King Phalo Airport.

King Phalo Airport

Latitude
-33.03572° or 33° 2′ 9″ south
Longitude
27.82648° or 27° 49′ 35″ east
Elevation
128 metres (420 feet)
IATA airport code
ELS
ICAO airport code
FAEL
Open location code
4GR9XR7G+PH
Geo­Names ID
1020088
Wiki­data ID
Q3496971
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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

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