Paloich Airport

Paloich Airport, Heliport
IATA: HGI – ICAO: HSFA
Summary
Airport type Public, Civilian
Owner Civil Aviation Authority of South Sudan
Serves Palogue oil field, South Sudan
Elevation AMSL 1,270 ft / 385.741 m
Coordinates 10°31′44″N 32°30′04″E / 10.529°N 32.501°E / 10.529; 32.501Coordinates: 10°31′44″N 32°30′04″E / 10.529°N 32.501°E / 10.529; 32.501
Map
HSFA

Location of airport in South Sudan
(Upper Nile state highlighted)

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 2,500 8,202 Asphalt
Sources:[1]

Paloich Airport, Heliport (also Palogue, Palouge[2] Paloug, Paluge) is the airport in South Sudan (Upper Nile State) which provides cargo operations for the adjacent Palogue oil field.[3]

Incidents

An Antonov An-12B cargo plane en route to the airport crashed on takeoff due to overloading in the South Sudanese capital of Juba on 4 November 2015.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "HGI at OurAirports.com". Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  2. ↑ http://hpsic.com/projects.html
  3. ↑ http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/05/southsudan-oil-idUSL6N0DM0QF20130505


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