Port Stanley Airport

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Port Stanley Airport is a small airfield on the Falkland Islands that gained prominence as the focal point of British long-range bombing raids during the 1982 Falklands War.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Port Stanley Airport canonical 1
Port Stanley airfield 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf airfield ⓘ
airport ⓘ
country Falkland Islands ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel 23 metres ⓘ
75 feet ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Stanley Airport ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance focal point of British bombing campaign in 1982 ⓘ
hasIATAcode PSY ⓘ
hasICAOcode SFAL ⓘ
hasOperator Falkland Islands Government ⓘ
hasRole main airfield on the Falkland Islands before Mount Pleasant Airport opened ⓘ
hasRunway 08/26 ⓘ
hasRunwaySurface asphalt ⓘ
hasTimezone FKST ⓘ
hasType military airport ⓘ
public airport ⓘ
hasUTCOffset UTC−3 ⓘ
historicalEvent Falklands War ⓘ
locatedIn Port Stanley ⓘ
South Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: South Atlantic
locatedOn East Falkland ⓘ
nearbyFacility Stanley ⓘ
region British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands ⓘ
linked to: Falkland Islands
runwayOrientation east–west ⓘ
servesCity Stanley ⓘ
statusAfter1986 primarily domestic and military support airfield ⓘ
usedFor charter flights ⓘ
domestic flights ⓘ
military operations ⓘ
search and rescue operations ⓘ
wasCapturedBy United Kingdom ⓘ
wasCapturedDuring 1982 Falklands War ⓘ
linked to: Falklands War
wasOccupiedBy Argentina ⓘ
wasOccupiedDuring 1982 Falklands War ⓘ
linked to: Falklands War
wasTargetedBy Royal Air Force ⓘ
wasTargetOf British long-range bombing raids ⓘ
Operation Black Buck ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Operation Black Buck → location → Port Stanley Airport ⓘ
Avro Vulcan XM607 → targeted → Port Stanley airfield ⓘ
linked to: Port Stanley Airport