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Ben Schoeman Airport (FAEL) serves East London on the Eastern Cape coast of South Africa, offering an ILS-equipped main runway and full tower control, making it a useful and realistic destination for simulator pilots practising instrument approaches and controlled-airfield procedures. It sits at 404 feet amsl and features two hard-surfaced, lit runway pairs long enough to accommodate airline traffic.
Ben Schoeman Airport, identified by the ICAO code FAEL, lies at East London in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa. It sits at an elevation of 404 feet and is equipped with an instrument landing system, giving simulator pilots the chance to fly a proper ILS approach into a coastal South African airport that also handles scheduled airline movements.
The airfield is located at East London on the southern coast of South Africa, in the Eastern Cape. Its tower and approach frequencies indicate it operates as a controlled aerodrome within its own area of controlled airspace.
Ben Schoeman Airport has two physical hard-surfaced runways, both lit. Runway 11/29 is the longer of the pair at 6,343 feet and is served by an ILS. Runway 06/24 measures 5,191 feet and is also lit but does not carry an instrument approach.
Pilots can expect the following frequencies at Ben Schoeman Airport: Approach on 120.1 MHz, ATIS on 126.45 MHz, Ground on 122.65 MHz, and Tower on 118.3 MHz, with a separate apron frequency also in use. The instrument landing system serves runway 11/29 for instrument approaches.
Ben Schoeman Airport operates as a tower-controlled aerodrome handling scheduled airline traffic alongside general aviation movements, with ATIS, approach, tower, ground and apron frequencies all in use to manage arriving and departing flights.
