Alphonse Airport
{{Short description|Airport in Seychelles}}
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{{Infobox airport
| name = Alphonse Airport
| nativename =
| image =
| IATA =
| ICAO = FSAL
| pushpin_map= Seychelles
| pushpin_mapsize=230
| pushpin_mark=Airplane_silhouette.svg
| pushpin_label=Alphonse Island
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Seychelles
| type = Private
| owner =
| operator = Islands Development Corporation (IDC)[http://www.idc.sc/ Islands Development Corporation]
| city-served = Alphonse Island, Seychelles
| elevation-f = 10
| elevation-m =
| coordinates = {{coord|07|00|17|S|52|43|34|E|region:SC|display=inline,title}}
| website = {{url|www.alphonse-island.com/en}}
| metric-rwy = y
| r1-number = 15/33
| r1-length-m = 1150
| r1-length-f =
| r1-surface = Concrete
| footnotes = Source: WAD{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130217015056/http://www.worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=FSAL Airport information for FSAL]}} Google Maps{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@-7.00749,52.72871,11187m/data=!3m1!1e3|title=Google Maps|website=Google Maps}}
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Alphonse Airport {{airport codes||FSAL}} is an airport serving Alphonse Island, the sole island of the Alphonse Atoll in the Seychelles. The runway is next to the Alphonse Island Resort.[http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=-7.0043823&lon=52.7271438&z=16&l=0&m=b Annotated aerial photo showing location of airfield next to resort].
The atoll is {{convert|400|km}} southwest of Mahé,{{Cite web|url=https://www.alphonse-resort.com/home.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328000147/http://www.alphonse-resort.com/home.html|url-status=dead|title=Seychelles > Alphonse Island Resort > Homepage|archivedate=28 March 2010 |website=www.alphonse-resort.com}} {{convert|87|km|}} south of the Amirante Islands, and {{convert|3|km|}} north of St. François Atoll, the second atoll of Alphonse Group.
Airlines and destinations
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IDC Aviation offers flights between Alphonse and Mahé. From October through April there is one scheduled flight per week. Flights depart from Mahé Airport and last approximately one hour.{{Cite web |url=https://www.alphonse-resort.com/Get-there.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330072212/http://www.alphonse-resort.com/Get-there.html |url-status=dead|title=Seychelles > Alphonse Island Resort > Get There |archivedate=30 March 2010|website=www.alphonse-resort.com}}
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|Air Seychelles |Charter: Mahé
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See also
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- Transport in Seychelles
- List of airports in Seychelles
References
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External links
- [http://ourairports.com/airports/FSAL/pilot-info.html#general OurAirports – Alphonse Island]
- [http://www.fallingrain.com/icao/FSAL.html FallingRain – Alphonse Island Airport]
- {{ASN|FSAL|Alphonse Island Airport}}
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