<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Saint Helena Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Background:Saint Helena is more than 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) from the nearest major landmass. Prior to the opening of the airport, the island was only reachable by sea, making it one of the most remote populated places on earth, measured as travel time from major cities. Sea journeys used to take five days from Cape Town, with departures once every three weeks.The first consideration of an airport on St Helena was made in 1943 by the South African Air Force, which undertook a survey on Prosperous Bay Plain from October 1943 until January 1944, but concluded that, while technically feasible, an airport was not a practical proposition.</p>
<p class="blog-para">From the 1960s, there was an idea to build an airport on the Island. In 1999, this was taken up by the island government.It was suggested that an airport would extend the United Kingdom's capabilities to carry out airborne missions in the South Atlantic region, such as maritime patrols in accordance with international fishing agreements (e.g., International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas), counter-piracy missions along important trade routes, and also airlift operations notably into Southern Africa.</p>
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<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3">Facilities Saint Helena Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The new airport features two main buildings, namely a passenger terminal building and a combined building, as well as a number of smaller ancillary buildings. The combined building was the first facility constructed at the airport. It houses a number of auxiliary functions required for the airport operations,including air traffic control, rescue and firefighting services, and a meteorological office.Construction of the 2,500m&sup2; terminal building started in June 2014.The ancillary buildings include a generator compound, an access control building and a storage compound.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The project also included the construction of a 14km access road connecting the airport to the Rupert&rsquo;s valley, a new waterfront in Rupert&rsquo;s, a bulk fuel installation in the valley and an inshore sea rescue facility.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>The following possible benefits were also factors in the decision-making process:</strong></p>
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<li class="blog-li">Air access would allow St Helena to develop its tourism sector.</li>
<li class="blog-li">The new wharf in Rupert's Bay could allow regularly passing cruise ships to land passengers at the island and bring tourists if sized appropriately. The lack of a protected landing facility represents a limitation on the development of cruise tourism. In unfavourable sea conditions, landing is hazardous and potential revenue is lost as many cruise ships refuse to allow passengers to land in such circumstances. In addition, because there is no protected landing facility, many cruise companies do not incorporate St Helena into their itineraries. The sea is roughest in summer which marks the peak of the cruise season.</li>
<li class="blog-li">Medical evacuations to South Africa for treatment of serious cases of illness would be sped up significantly: it may take up to one month until transport to South Africa by RMS St Helena becomes available.</li>
<li class="blog-li">The availability of heavy construction equipment would facilitate alternative energy projects, such as the construction of larger wind turbines, a tidal power plant or a dam with a hydro-power station in one of St Helena's valleys. Limitations in cargo size of RMS St Helena and the unavailability of a large crane prohibit construction of larger wind turbines.</li>
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