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: “PSY”, “RAF Stanley”, “SFAL”, and “Stanley Airport”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Canopus Hill.

Peak
is located on the of near , the capital city of the . It is named after HMS Canopus, which fired the first shots in the Battle of the Falkland Islands during World War I.

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 . There is an automated lighthouse here.

Locality
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is a small watercourse that flows into Stanley Harbour on , . It is near , just to the northwest, and was formerly the location of the town barracks, which were attacked in Operation Rosario, the 1982 Argentine Invasion of the Falkland Islands. 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)
Inception
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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Satellite Map

Discover Port Stanley Airport from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

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

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