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 Coordinates: 29°20′00″S29°11′30″E / 29.33333°S 29.19167°E | ||||||||||
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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 is a 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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