About Ashton Airport

ICAO	FAAS
FIR	Capetown FIR
Region	Western Cape
Country	South Africa
Runways	12/30
Type	Small airport
Coordinates (ARP)	-33.81667, 20.06667 334900S 0200400E
Coordinates (Center)	-33.83797, 20.04956 335017S 0200258E
Variation	26.6° W (2024)
Timezone	Johannesburg (+2 h)
Local time	Apr 30, 2024 18:54

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Ashton Airport

Ashton Airport is a small airport in Western Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -33.83797 and longitude 20.04956. The airport has one runway: 12/30. The ICAO airport code of this field is FAAS. Nearby other airfields are Montagu, Robertson Airport, Hendrik Swellengrebel Airport, Sanbona Wildlife Reserve Airfield and De Doorns Airport.

Ashton Airport does not publish a METAR, the nearest weather station is Cape Town International Airport, which is 134 km away. The flight information region (FIR) is Capetown.

Ashton Airport is in the timezone of Africa/Johannesburg. Difference with UTC is +2 h. Today the sun rises at 07:14 and sets at 17:59. This applies to Ashton Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +2 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

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References

Do not use for flight planning
The airport may be closed or require prior permission. True headings and the coordinates of runway ends may be an estimation. Magnetic headings are calculated from true headings using the WMM 2020 model.

Runways

ID	True Heading	Magnetic Heading	Latitude	Longitude	Approx. length
12	091°	117°	-33.838	20.0536	749 m
30	271°	297°	-33.8379	20.0455	749 m

Do not use for flight planning.
True headings and the coordinates of runway ends may be an estimation. Runway lengths are calculated as the distance between the coordinates of the runway ends. Magnetic headings are calculated from true headings using the WMM 2020 model.

Nearby airports

	ID	Distance	Direction
Montagu	ZA-0439	11 km	065°
Robertson Airport	FARS	14 km	282°
Hendrik Swellengrebel Airport	FASX	46 km	120°
Sanbona Wildlife Reserve Airfield	ZA-0238	54 km	076°
De Doorns Airport	FADS	54 km	321°
Worcester Glider Airport	FAWC	62 km	288°
Caledon Airfield	FACG	75 km	231°
De Hoop Nature Reserve Airstrip	ZA-0228	76 km	153°
Bredasdorp Airport	ZA-0307	79 km	177°

Navigational aids

No navigational aids found in the vicinity of Ashton Airport.