Port Stanley Airport

Port Stanley Airport, also known as Stanley Airport, is a small civil in the , two miles from the capital, . The airport is the only civilian airport in the islands with a paved runway.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: domestic airport near the city of Stanley on East Falkland, in the British overseas territory of the Falkland Islands
  • Also known as: “Aeropuertu de Puertu Arxentín”, “Aeropuertu de Puertu Stanley”, “Bandar udara port stanley”, “PSY”, “RAF Stanley”, and “SFAL”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Canopus Hill.

Peak
is located on the of …

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cape Pembroke and Moody Brook.

Locality
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is the easternmost point of the , and is on .

Locality
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is a small watercourse that flows into… is situated 6 miles west of Port Stanley Airport.

Port Stanley Airport

Latitude
-51.6859° or 51° 41′ 9″ south
Longitude
-57.77827° or 57° 46′ 42″ west
Elevation
72 feet (22 metres)
Established
May 1st, 1979
Operator
Government of the Falkland Islands
IATA airport code
PSY
ICAO airport code
SFAL
Open location code
38W4867C+JM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 547237815
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6300726
Wiki­data ID
Q1432457
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Port Stanley Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “Port Stanley Airport”
  • Asturian: “Aeropuertu de Stanley”
  • Cebuano: “Port Stanley Airport”
  • Danish: “Port Stanley Airport”
  • Danish: “Port Stanley”
  • Dutch: “Luchthaven Port Stanley”
  • French: “Aérodrome de Port Stanley”
  • French: “aéroport de Port Stanley”
  • German: “Flughafen Port Stanley”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה פורט סטנלי”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Port Stanley”
  • Italian: “aeroporto di Port Stanley”
  • Japanese: “ポート・スタンリー空港”
  • Korean: “포트 스탠리 공항”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Stanley, Kepulauan Falkland”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Stanley”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Stanley lufthavn”
  • Norwegian: “Stanley lufthavn”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه پورت استنلی”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Port Stanley”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto de Port Stanley”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Port Stanley”
  • Russian: “Аэропорт Порт-Стэнли”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Puerto Argentino”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Puerto Argentino/Stanley”
  • Swedish: “Port Stanley Airport”
  • Swedish: “Stanley Airport”
  • Turkish: “Port Stanley Havalimanı”
  • “Port Stanley Airport”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Gentoo Penguin Colony and Hookers Point.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: FIGAS Falklands Islands Government Air Service and Old Portuguese gun.

Falkland Islands: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Stanley and Saunders Island.

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