Paloich Airport

Paloich Airport, Heliport
Summary
Airport type Public, Civilian
Owner Dar Petroleum Operating Company DPOC
Operator DPOC
Serves Palogue oil field, South Sudan
Elevation AMSL 1,270 ft / 385.741 m
Coordinates 10°31′44″N 32°30′04″E / 10.529°N 32.501°E / 10.529; 32.501Coordinates: 10°31′44″N 32°30′04″E / 10.529°N 32.501°E / 10.529; 32.501
Map
HSFA
Location of airport in South Sudan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 2,500 8,202 Asphalt
Sources:[1]

Paloich Airport, Heliport (also Palogue, Palouge[2] Paloug, Paluge) is the airport in Eastern Nile in South Sudan (previously in Upper Nile State) which provides cargo operations for the adjacent Palogue oil field.[3]

Incidents

An Antonov An-12B cargo plane en route to the airport crashed on takeoff due to overloading in the South Sudanese capital of Juba on 4 November 2015.

See also

References

  1. "HGI at OurAirports.com". Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  2. "HPSIC | projects". 2015-12-01. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  3. "UPDATE 2-South Sudan's Palouge oilfield to reach 180,000 bpd in a month". Reuters. 2013-05-05. Retrieved 2016-08-04.


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