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De Doorns · WC · South Africa
Position
-33.456°, 19.684° · 1626 ft elev.
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Small general aviation airfield serving the Hex River Valley.
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De Doorns, South Africa
De Doorns Airport (ICAO: FADS) is a small general aviation airfield located near De Doorns, a town in the Hex River Valley of the Western Cape province, South Africa. The airfield primarily serves private and light aircraft operations in the region.
De Doorns itself is well known for its fruit farming, particularly table grapes, and the surrounding mountainous terrain of the Hex River Valley makes the area notable for both agriculture and scenic flying. The airfield has no scheduled commercial airline services.
Getting to & from
De Doorns town is accessible by road via the N1 national highway connecting Cape Town and the interior of South Africa.
Airlines here
No commercial airlines operate scheduled services at De Doorns Airport; it is used exclusively by general aviation.
Notable facts
- ›ICAO designator is FADS; the airport has no IATA code.
- ›Located in the Hex River Valley, one of South Africa's premier table grape producing regions.
- ›Serves light and private aircraft only, with no scheduled passenger services.
- ›The surrounding mountainous terrain of the Hex River Mountains is a notable feature for pilots.
- ›De Doorns lies approximately 120 km northeast of Cape Town.
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