Letseng Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Letseng diamond mine | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 10,400 ft / 3,170 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°00′35″S28°51′25″E / 29.00972°S 28.85694°E | ||||||||||
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  FXLT Location of the airport in Lesotho | |||||||||||
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Letseng Airport( ICAO : FXLT) is an airstrip serving the Letseng diamond mine in Mokhotlong District, Lesotho. [3] The runway is at very high elevation, 10,084.8 feet. [4]
Lesotho, formally the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. As an enclave of South Africa, with which it shares a 1,106 km (687 mi) border, it is the largest sovereign enclave in the world, and the only one outside of the Italian Peninsula. It is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the highest peak in Southern Africa. It has an area of over 30,000 km2 (11,600 sq mi) and has a population of about two million. Its capital and largest city is Maseru. The country is also known by the nickname The Mountain Kingdom.
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