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FASSSIS

Sishen Airport

Sishen, South Africa

Elevation
3,848 ft
Runways
1
Longest
5,709 ft
Position
-27.649, 22.999
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Warning: pilot use only. For flight simulation use only. This information is not maintained to any aeronautical standard and must never be used for real world navigation or flight planning.

The field

1735N500 m
1 runway. Point at one for its dimensions.
North up, drawn to scale from published runway threshold positions.
FAKUFALCFASSN
2 airfields in range. Point at one for its bearing.
  • FAKU25
  • FALC49
Rings at 15, 30 and 50 nm. 2 other airfields in range, at true bearing. Where two sit close together only the nearer one is labelled.

By the numbers

  • 5,709 ft

    Runway, all told

    0.9 nm of pavement across 1 runway

  • 27th

    Longest in South Africa

    of 61 airfields in the country

  • 3496th

    Longest in the world

    of 4,677 with a measured runway

  • 25th

    Highest in South Africa

    3,848 ft above sea level

  • 25 nm

    Nearest airfield

    FAKU, bearing 062

  • Asphalt

    Surface

    Every runway lit

Current weather

METAR, live from NOAA aviation weather

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Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceLit
17/355,709 ft75 ftAsphaltYes

Frequencies

No frequencies recorded for this airfield. Check the airfield briefing before you fly it.

Real world frequencies, listed for reference. What is actually staffed on the network appears on the map and in the client.

Fly from here

  • Plan a leg out of FASS
  • FASS to FAKU, the nearest field

On the network

Nothing has been run at FASS yet. When an event uses this field it appears here, with what was flown and who worked it.

What is on the calendar

Nearby airfields

  • FAKUJohan Pienaar Airport25 nm
  • FALCLime Acres Finsch Mine Airport49 nm
  • FAVBVryburg Airport101 nm
  • FAUPUpington Airport102 nm
  • FAKMKimberley Airport116 nm
  • FAMMMmabatho International Airport176 nm

Airport, runway and frequency data from OurAirports, which is public domain. Weather from NOAA aviation weather.