AviatDataWideawake Airfield ASI / FHAW
Georgetown, Ascension Island · Ascension Island (United Kingdom) · UK Ministry of Defence (owner); operated jointly by the Royal Air Force and United States Space Force under British Forces South Atlantic Islands command, with civil flight bookings administered by the Ascension Island Government
Limited hoursInternational · customs & immigrationJet A-1
ICAO / IATAFHAW / ASI
OperatorUK Ministry of Defence (owner); operated jointly by the Royal Air Force and United States Space Force under British Forces South Atlantic Islands command, with civil flight bookings administered by the Ascension Island Government
Coordinates7.9696°S, 14.3937°W
Elevation278 ft · 85 m
Time zoneGMT (UTC+0, no DST)
Passengers / yr—
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceFHAW - no civil eAIP; aerodrome data is published via the UK's military Defence Aviation Publications and the joint US/UK FLIP rather than the ASSI St Helena/Ascension/Tristan da Cunha civil eAIP series
Operating hoursNot H24 - tower normally closed, manned from about 1 hour before each scheduled arrival/departure until the aircraft is handed to Atlantico Area Control at 100nm from the field. Under the UK-US international agreement governing the field, only state (military and diplomatic) aircraft may land, with the sole exception being civil aviation between Ascension and Saint Helena: the Airlink charter to/from Saint Helena (HLE), operating the second week of each month since Nov 2017, is the only qualifying scheduled civil passenger service. The RAF Voyager South Atlantic Airbridge (Brize Norton-Ascension-Mount Pleasant, twice weekly) is a separate MoD/state-aircraft logistics flight that may carry a limited number of tickets for eligible travellers (residents, government and contractor staff) - it is not open commercial sale to the public. No walk-up civil traffic.
TerminalsSmall passenger-handling facility for the Airlink charter to Saint Helena and for the limited eligible-traveller ticketing on the RAF Voyager Airbridge (an MoD state-aircraft logistics flight, not open commercial sale) - no conventional commercial-airline terminal, check-in hall or multiple gates.
Runways (1)
- 13/31 · 3,054 m / 10,019 ft · 46 m wide · Asphalt
Airport contact
Wideawake is a joint UK/US military airfield (MoD-owned, operated by the RAF and US Space Force under British Forces South Atlantic Islands command). Under the UK-US international agreement governing the field, only state (military and diplomatic) aircraft may land, with the sole exception being civil aviation between Ascension and Saint Helena - so the only qualifying scheduled civil passenger service is the Airlink charter linking Ascension and Saint Helena (HLE), operating the second week of each month since Nov 2017. The RAF Voyager South Atlantic Airbridge (Brize Norton-Ascension-Mount Pleasant, twice weekly) is a separate MoD/state-aircraft logistics flight that may carry a limited number of tickets for eligible travellers (residents, government/contractor staff) - it is not a standard scheduled commercial passenger route and is not open to public sale. The single runway (13/31, 3,054m/46m asphalt, no ILS) was fully resurfaced in phases through early 2023, and eligible-traveller ticketing on the Airbridge resumed 8 May 2023 after the closure. No public passenger-traffic figures exist for this state-controlled field, so pax is left unset rather than estimated.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available
RAF Ascension Island (Wideawake Airfield)
RAF Ascension Island operates the airfield day-to-day (~19 personnel headed by a Wing Commander) and self-handles passenger/ramp movements for the MOD South Atlantic Airbridge (Brize Norton-Ascension-Mount Pleasant) and the monthly Airlink civil charter to St Helena; under a UK-US international agreement the field is closed to all other commercial/private traffic. Confirmed via Wikipedia (RAF Ascension Island): ~19 personnel under a Wing Commander, UK-US agreement restricts landing to state aircraft plus the licensed St Helena civil service. Airbridge frequency ('twice-weekly') could not be — carried over from the original AIG source citation.
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Aircraft fuel
Unconfirmed
RAF Ascension Island (Wideawake Airfield)
Confirmed via Wikipedia (Ascension Island): aviation fuel is delivered by a chartered tanker (Maersk Rapier) under an MOD resupply contract shared with the Falkland Islands roughly every two months, piped ashore via floating hose to an on-shore Petroleum Supply Depot under military management. No separate named commercial into-plane agent is documented, so fuel appears handled in-house by the RAF/MOD station. AC-U-KWIK's 'JET ONLY' listing for FHAW was not independently re-checked.
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De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Unconfirmed
V2X, Inc.
V2X's April 30, 2025 press release (confirmed verbatim via gov2x.com/news) is real: a 5-year ($140M ceiling, 1-year base + four 1-year options) AFCAP V task order to support US Space Force operations at Ascension Island, operations beginning July 2025. However the press release text itself only promises 'essential services that improve mission outcomes, operational efficiency, and infrastructure resilience' — it does NOT itself enumerate 'dining services' as a line item; that specific detail was not found in the primary source on. Dining/DFAC support is a standard, near-universal scope item on AFCAP Base Operating Support task orders, so this is plausible but should be treated as inferred rather than source-confirmed.
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Aircraft cleaning
Unconfirmed
V2X, Inc.
Same AFCAP V task order as above (confirmed contract: V2X, $140M ceiling, Ascension Island, US Space Force, awarded April 2025).
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Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Not listed
Aviation security
Available
RAF Ascension Island (Wideawake Airfield)
Access is PPR-only and restricted under the UK-US international agreement to state (military/diplomatic) aircraft plus the licensed Airlink civil service; security/access control is self-provided by the joint RAF/US Space Force station. No named third-party guard-force contractor found — unconfirmed beyond this.
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Passenger & crew transport
Unconfirmed
Obsidian Hotel
Car hire (approx. £20/day) was advertised via the Obsidian Hotel per an earlier Noonsite visitor report, but a later dated comment on the same Noonsite page explicitly states 'no cars for hire' as of August 2018. Downgraded from on_request to unconfirmed given this direct conflicting evidence in the cited source itself; no dedicated crew-shuttle service to/from Wideawake Airfield is documented in any case.
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Flight support
Available · 2 providers
RAF Ascension Island (Wideawake Airfield)
RAF Base Operations ('ASI Ops') is the airfield's flight-ops/check-in and flight-planning liaison desk for both Airbridge and Airlink movements. The org and its role are consistent with Wikipedia's account of RAF Ascension Island's operating structure;
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Ascension Island Government (AIG) – Travel and Shipping Office
The AIG is a genuine, well-documented government body and the Flight Bookings Team's role (passenger bookings, check-in coordination, entry-permit/e-visa verification for the Airlink St Helena-Ascension charter and MOD Airbridge civilian seats) is consistent with independent sourcing on the Airbridge/Airlink arrangements. The AIG 'Travel by Air' page itself was unreachable on (connection refused), so the specific phone extension and email address are carried over from the original citation and were not independently re-verified today — not disproven, just outstanding.
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Hotel & travel
Unconfirmed
Obsidian Hotel
Real, named property in Georgetown near Wideawake Airfield (Wikipedia confirms Georgetown includes 'a hotel' among its facilities). However, Noonsite's own Ascension Island travellers' page — the source cited for this listing — contains a dated visitor report stating the hotel 'had closed' with 'no cars for hire' as of August 2018; no source found on confirms it has since reopened or is currently trading. Kept as unconfirmed rather than dropped per instructions, but current operating status should be treated as genuinely uncertain, not merely under-documented.
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