Vastrap Airport
Upington, Northern Cape, South Africa
FAVS is the ICAO airport code for Vastrap Airport, located in Upington, South Africa. The airport is classified as a Small Airport. It operates in the Africa/Johannesburg timezone at an elevation of 3,245 ft (989 m) above sea level.
About Vastrap Airport
Wikipedia ↗Vastrap is a small military airfield situated in the Kalahari Desert north east of Upington inside a 700 square kilometre weapons test range of the same name belonging to the South African National Defence Force. It was constructed to allow the SAAF to practice tactical bombing operations, and for aircraft to service the SADF's defunct underground nuclear weapon test site.
Location
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- ICAO Code
- FAVS
- Type
- Small Airport
- City
- Upington
- Country
- South Africa
- Region
- Northern Cape
- Timezone
- Africa/Johannesburg
- Local Time
- —
- Elevation
- 3,245 ft (989 m)
- Coordinates
- 27.8346°S, 21.6304°E
- Operator
- South African Air Force
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