Malefiloane Airstrip | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Malefiloane, Lesotho | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 8,267 ft / 2,520 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°20′00″S29°11′30″E / 29.33333°S 29.19167°E | ||||||||||
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  FXML Location of the airport in Lesotho | |||||||||||
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Malefiloane Airstrip( ICAO : FXML) is a high elevation airstrip serving the village of Malefiloane in Mokhotlong District, Lesotho. The runway is on a ridge above the Mokhotlong River valley.
There is higher terrain to the west.
Mokhotlong district is a district of Lesotho. It includes the highest terrain in the Maloti Mountains and the source of the Senqu River, Lesotho's primary watershed. Mokhotlong is the capital or camptown, and only town in the district. Mokhotlong borders on the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa, with its north point bordering the Free State Province. Domestically, it borders on Butha-Buthe District in northwest, Leribe District in west, and Thaba-Tseka District in the south.
Mokhotlong is a constituency, city and seat of Mokhotlong District in the mountainous northeastern part of Lesotho. It is the first major city with an airport along the road from South Africa across the Sani Pass, near the Maloti Mountains. The name of the city is a word in Sesotho, the language of the people of Lesotho, meaning "Place of the Bald Ibis." Thabana Ntlenyana, the highest point in southern Africa, is found in Mokhotlong.
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