Air Force Base Durban
AFB Durban Air Force Base Durban | |||||||||||
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AMSL 33 ft / 10 m | | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°58′07″S 030°56′52″E / 29.96861°S 30.94778°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www.af.mil.za asca.co.za | ||||||||||
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  FADN Location in the Durban metropolitan area | |||||||||||
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Co-located with Durban International Airport | |||||||||||
AFB Durban (
airbase of the South African Air Force, located in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The runway is shared with the (now defunct) Durban International Airport (since September 1956). The airbase is at the northern end of the runway.[2]
Status following closure of Durban International Airport
As of August 2016[update] no replacement site has been provided for 15 Squadron, which is still based at the airport. As a helicopter unit it does not require a large airfield with runways.
Aviation
- Non-directional beacon - DU393.0
- VHF omnidirectional range - DNV112.5
- Automatic Terminal Information Service- 127.0
It is home to
Port Elizabeth. C Flight's conversion to AgustaWestland AW109 helicopters has been postponed due to delays in developing emergency flotation equipment for the type, thus precluding its use in a maritime environment.[3]
Units hosted
- 15 Squadron- Helicopters
- 508 Squadron
- 105 Squadron - Citizen Force liaison and crime prevention patrol squadron. Reserve squadron operating various civil light aircraft by mostly civilian pilots.
See also
References
- ^ "Airport information for FADN". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. - ^ Wingrin, Dean. "The South African Air Force". www.saairforce.co.za. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ "Retirement of SAAF BK117 may be further delayed". Saairforce.co.za. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
External links
- http://www.af.mil.za/bases/afb_durban/15sqn.htm Archived 13 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- http://www.af.mil.za/bases/afb_durban/508sqn.htm#a Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- http://www.af.mil.za/bases/afb_durban/Default.htm
- http://www.pictaero.com/en/airports/airport,za,fadn
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