Matekane Air Strip

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Matekane Air Strip

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Photo by Bush Pilot Tom Claytor 1993
Summary
Airport type Public
Elevation  AMSL 7,544 ft / 2,299 m
Coordinates 29°55′45″S27°50′54″E / 29.92916°S 27.84822°E / -29.92916; 27.84822 Coordinates: 29°55′45″S27°50′54″E / 29.92916°S 27.84822°E / -29.92916; 27.84822
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Location within Lesotho
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 580 1,903 Grass
Source: Google Maps [1]

Matekane Air Strip is a high elevation airstrip serving Matekane, Lesotho, with a runway that extends to the edge of a 500 m (1,600 ft) cliff. The runway is often used by charity organizations and doctors to access remote villages in the area, and is known as one of the world's scariest runways. [2]

Lesotho kingdom in southern Africa

Lesotho, officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is an enclaved country–the only one in the world outside of the Italian peninsula–within the border of South Africa. It is just over 30,000 km2 (11,583 sq mi) in size and has a population of around 2 million. Its capital and largest city is Maseru.

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The Maseru VOR-DME (Ident: MZV) is located 30.3 nautical miles (56.1 km) northwest of the airstrip. [3]

See also

This article concerns systems of transport in Lesotho. As a landlocked country, Lesotho has no seaports or harbours, but does have road, air transport, and limited rail infrastructure.

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References

  1. ↑ Google Maps - Matekane
  2. ↑ Farhad Heydari (October 2009). "The World's Scariest Runways". Travel & Leisure. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  3. ↑ Maseru VOR


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