East London Airport

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East London Airport

Summary

East London Airport is an airport[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (72 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • East London Airport is located in Eastern Cape[3].
  • East London Airport is in the country of South Africa[4].
  • East London Airport's instance of is recorded as airport[5].
  • East London Airport's instance of is recorded as commercial traffic aerodrome[6].
  • East London Airport's instance of is recorded as international airport[7].
  • East London Airport is operated by Airports Company South Africa[8].
  • East London is named after East London Airport[9].
  • East London Airport's IATA airport code is recorded as ELS[10].
  • East London Airport's ICAO airport code is recorded as FAEL[11].
  • East London Airport's Commons category is recorded as East London Airport[12].
  • East London Airport's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[13].
  • East London Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -33.035, 'lon': 27.821388888889}[14].
  • East London Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -33.035, 'lon': 27.821667}[15].
  • East London Airport's official website is recorded as http://www.airports.co.za/airports/east-london[16].
  • East London Airport's place served by transport hub is recorded as East London[17].
  • East London Airport sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+128'}[18].
  • East London Airport's aerodrome reference point is recorded as {'lat': -33.0356, 'lon': 27.8259}[19].
  • East London Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+681695'}[20].
  • East London Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+663139'}[21].
  • East London Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+56292'}[22].
  • East London Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+54413'}[23].
  • East London Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+53914'}[24].
  • East London Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+56771'}[25].
  • East London Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+57432'}[26].
  • East London Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+58982'}[27].

Body

Geography

East London Airport is in the country of South Africa[4]. It is located in Eastern Cape[3].

Physical Characteristics

East London Airport sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+128'}[18].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include airport[5], commercial traffic aerodrome[6], and international airport[7].

History and Context

East London is named after East London Airport[9].

Why It Matters

East London Airport ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (72 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . World Airport Traffic Report. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . store.aci.aero. store.aci.aero. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . World Airport Traffic Report. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . World Airport Traffic Report. store.aci.aero. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . air-journal.fr. air-journal.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . air-journal.fr. air-journal.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . airports.co.za. airports.co.za. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . airports.co.za. airports.co.za. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . airports.co.za. airports.co.za. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . airports.co.za. airports.co.za. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . airports.co.za. airports.co.za. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . airports.co.za. airports.co.za. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Aerodrome reference point {'lat': -33.0356, 'lon': 27.8259}
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    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Airport", "FAEL"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257634|batch #257634]]"
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