Saint Helena International Airport (IATA: HLE, ICAO: FHSH) serves the remote British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. Constructed at great expense on a challenging site near Jamestown, the airport ended the island's reliance on a single passenger ship, the RMS St Helena, for access to the outside world. The airport was officially opened in October 2016, though commercial scheduled services were delayed due to a wind shear problem discovered during test flights that required modifications to aircraft approach procedures. Regular commercial passenger flights eventually commenced in 2017. The airport is located approximately 9 kilometres from Jamestown, the island's capital. Saint Helena is famous as the final place of exile of Napoleon Bonaparte, who died there in 1821. The airport has been central to efforts to develop tourism on the island, though its extreme remoteness and limited route network continue to constrain visitor numbers.