East London Airport (IATA: ELS, ICAO: FAEL) is located in East London, South Africa.
East London's airport is a small but bustling one that plays an important role in the growing economy of the Eastern Cape.
Every day it welcomes between 20 and 30 flights – which bring 346 000 people to East London each year. Of these, about 140 000 are holidaymakers, mostly local, and about 15% are foreign tourists.
In 2004, the airport served 422,672 passengers (+11.5% vs. '03).
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