NEW CONTINGENCY AIRFIELD ELLISRAS AIRFIELD SOUTHWEST, SOUTH AFRICA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: August 8, 1983
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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
NEW CONTINGENCY AIRFIELD
ELLISRAS AIRFIELD AFRICA (SWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: THE COMPLETION OF ELLISRAS AIRFIELD
SOUTHWEST HAS UPGRADED THE SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENSE FORCE
(SADF) NETWORK OF CONTINGENCY AIRFIELDS IN THE NORTHERN
TRANSVAAL REGION. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: I CONSTRUCTION OF THE RUNWAY
AND PARKING FACILITIES AT ELLISRAS AIRFIELD SOUTHWEST WAS
COMPLETE AND THE AIRFIELD APPEARED TO BE FULLY
OPERATIONAL. THIS AIRFIELD WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED IN AN
EARLY STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION IN JUNE 1982. THE AIRFIELD IS
4.5 NM SOUTHWEST OF ELLISRAS AND 22 NM SOUTHEAST OF THE
BOTSWANA-SOUTH AFRICA BORDER. AIRFIELD FACILITIES INCLUDE
A BLACKTOP 2,200- BY 30-METER, EAST/WEST RUNWAY WITH A
LARGE REVETTED PARKING APRON ADJACENT TO THE CENTER OF THE
RUNWAY AND CONNECTED TO THE RUNWAY BY TWO LINK TAXIWAYS.
ANOTHER SMALLER PARKING APRON IS AT THE EAST END OF THE
RUNWAY. ADDITIONAL GRADING AND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY IN
THE SUPPORT AREA INDICATES THE SUPPORT FACILITIES WILL
PROBABLY BE EXPANDED. (SWN)
THIS AIRFIELD IS PART OF A NETWORK OF AIRFIELDS BUILT AT
INTERVALS ALONG SOUTH AFRICA'S NORTHERN BORDERS. THESE
AIRFIELDS SERVE AS CONTINGENCY AIRFIELDS IN SUPPORT OF SADF
BORDER OPERATIONS. THE MORE EXTENSIVE SUPPORT FACILITIES
AND THE LONGER RUNWAY AT ELLISRAS AIRFIELD SOUTHWEST,
SUGGESTS THAT THIS AIRFIELD MAY HAVE A MORE IMPORTANT ROLE
THAN nTHFR gAnP rnNTJNr_~NrY AIRFIELDS. (SWN)
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