Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:
VQ-H
(2016)
Airports:
2
(2015)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data):
203
[see also: Airports country ranks ]
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 2
(2019)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 1
Ascension Island - Wideawake Field (ASI)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - over 3,047 m country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
Saint Helena (HLE);
note - weekly commercial air service to South Africa via Namibia commenced on 14 October 2017
Roadways:
total: 198 km
(Saint Helena 138 km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 20 km)
(2002)
[see also: Roadways - total country ranks ]
paved: 168 km
(Saint Helena 118 km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 10 km)
(2002)
[see also: Roadways - paved country ranks ]
unpaved: 30 km
(Saint Helena 20 km, Tristan da Cunha 10 km)
(2002)
[see also: Roadways - unpaved country ranks ]
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data):
202
Ports and terminals:
major seaport(s):
Saint Helena
Saint Helena:
Jamestown
Ascension Island:
Georgetown
Tristan da Cunha:
Calshot Harbor (Edinburgh)
Transportation - note:
the new airport on Saint Helena opened for limited operations in July 2016, and the first commercial flight took place on 14 October 2017, marking the start of weekly air service between Saint Helena and South Africa via Namibia; the military airport on Ascension Island is closed to civilian traffic; there is no air connection to Tristan da Cunha and very limited sea connections making it one of the most isolated communities on the planet
