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

References

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