Manakara Airport

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Manakara Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorADEMA (Aéroports de Madagascar)
Serves Manakara
Location Fitovinany, Madagascar
Elevation  AMSL 33 ft / 10 m
Coordinates 22°07′11″S48°01′18″E / 22.11972°S 48.02167°E / -22.11972; 48.02167
Map
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WVK
Location within Madagascar
Manakara Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
05/233,8861,184 Asphalt
DAFIF [1]
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A train crossing the runway

Manakara Airport( IATA : WVK, ICAO : FMSK) is an airport in Manakara, Fitovinany, Madagascar, located on the east coast on the island.

The Fianarantsoa-Côte Est railway crosses the runway of this airport, making it is one of only a few airports in the world that crosses a live railway line. The other two airports are Peshawar Airport in Pakistan and Gisborne Airport in New Zealand.

References

  1. ↑ "FMSK WAD". World Aero Data. DAFIF. Archived from the original on July 2, 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.