Jwaneng Airport

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Jwaneng Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner Debswana
Location Jwaneng, Botswana
Elevation  AMSL 3,900 ft / 1,189 m
Coordinates 24°36′05″S24°41′30″E / 24.60139°S 24.69167°E / -24.60139; 24.69167 Coordinates: 24°36′05″S24°41′30″E / 24.60139°S 24.69167°E / -24.60139; 24.69167
Website www.dca.gov.bw/...
Map
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JWA
Location of airport in Botswana
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
8/261,6805,512Asphalt
Sources: WAD [1] GCM [2] Google Maps [3]

Jwaneng Airport( IATA : JWA, ICAO : FBJW) is an airport serving Jwaneng, a town in the Southern District of Botswana. It is owned by Debswana, which also owns the Jwaneng diamond mine. There is no scheduled airline service.

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The Jwaneng non-directional beacon (Ident: JWN) is located on the field. [4]

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References

  1. Airport information for FBJW
  2. Airport information for Jwaneng Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. Google Maps - Jwaneng
  4. "Jwaneng NDB (JWN) @ OurAirports". ourairports.com. Retrieved 20 August 2018.