Port Stanley Airport

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Port Stanley Airport is a small airfield on the Falkland Islands that gained prominence as the focal point of British long-range bombing raids during the 1982 Falklands War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf airfield
airport
country Falkland Islands NERFINISHED
elevationAboveSeaLevel 23 metres
75 feet
hasAlternativeName Stanley Airport NERFINISHED
hasHistoricalSignificance focal point of British bombing campaign in 1982
hasIATAcode PSY NERFINISHED
hasICAOcode SFAL NERFINISHED
hasOperator Falkland Islands Government NERFINISHED
hasRole main airfield on the Falkland Islands before Mount Pleasant Airport opened
hasRunway 08/26
hasRunwaySurface asphalt
hasTimezone FKST
hasType military airport
public airport
hasUTCOffset UTC−3
historicalEvent Falklands War NERFINISHED
locatedIn Port Stanley NERFINISHED
South Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED
locatedOn East Falkland NERFINISHED
nearbyFacility Stanley NERFINISHED
region British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands NERFINISHED
runwayOrientation east–west
servesCity Stanley NERFINISHED
statusAfter1986 primarily domestic and military support airfield
usedFor charter flights
domestic flights
military operations
search and rescue operations
wasCapturedBy United Kingdom NERFINISHED
wasCapturedDuring 1982 Falklands War NERFINISHED
wasOccupiedBy Argentina NERFINISHED
wasOccupiedDuring 1982 Falklands War NERFINISHED
wasTargetedBy Royal Air Force NERFINISHED
wasTargetOf British long-range bombing raids
Operation Black Buck NERFINISHED

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Operation Black Buck location Port Stanley Airport