The World's Most Useful Airport

The story behind the construction and operation of the first-ever airport on Saint Helena Island. St. Helena, a British Overseas Territory located in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean, is one of the most isolated islands in the world. Its gross domestic product (GDP) per capita is well below that of the rest of the United Kingdom. The reduction in travel times from days to hours will hopefully create an economic boom on the island.

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Air Panic

Air Panic

2002

Make Like a Thief

Make Like a Thief

1964

Love Storming

Love Storming

2011

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

1966

Frequent Traveller

Frequent Traveller

2008

Bitter Memories

Bitter Memories

1977

4: Clean Island

4: Clean Island

2023

Hostel Returns

Hostel Returns

2015

We Were Three

We Were Three

2018

Night Flight

Night Flight

1933

Orly

Orly

2010

Perfect Friday

Perfect Friday

1970

Picking Up & Dropping Off

Picking Up & Dropping Off

2003

Crash Landing

Crash Landing

1958

Dirty Weekend

Dirty Weekend

2015

21 Hours at Munich

21 Hours at Munich

1976

Something Left, Something Taken

Something Left, Something Taken

2010

2 Hours

2 Hours

2009

Trapped

Trapped

1974

Tropical Snow

Tropical Snow

1988