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The Airfield
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The club operates from the Uitenhage municipal airfield (FAUH) which is located in the general flying area FAD193. The airfield in unmanned and operates on the same radio frequency as the general flying area, 124.2 MHz.

The airfield has four grass covered runways in a cross configuration with a left and right runway for each length of the cross. The runway designations are 26L/08R and 16L/34R for gliding and 26R/08L and 16R/34L for power planes.

The approximate length of the runways are: 26/08 (glider) 1000m (3280ft), 26/08 (power) 850m (2790ft), 16/34 (glider) 900m (2950ft) and 16/34 (power) 800m (2620ft). All the runways are more-or-less 30m wide. The elevation of the airfield is 278 feet (84.7m) and the windsock is located in the centre of the cluster of hangars.

FAUH Airfield

 
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