| Nsoko Airfield | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Serves | Nsoko | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 614 ft / 187 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°59′10″S31°56′15″E / 26.98611°S 31.93750°E Coordinates: 26°59′10″S31°56′15″E / 26.98611°S 31.93750°E | ||||||||||
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  FDNS Location of the airport in Swaziland | |||||||||||
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Nsoko Airfield( ICAO : FDNS) is an airstrip serving Nsoko, an agricultural village in the Lubombo Region of Swaziland. The runway is within the Nisela Game Reserve, [3] 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) northeast of Nsoko, and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) west of the South African border.
The ICAOairport code or location indicator is a four-letter code designating aerodromes around the world. These codes, as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators, are used by air traffic control and airline operations such as flight planning.
Nsoko is a town in southern Eswatini about five kilometres (3.1 mi) from the border with South Africa. It lies about 65 kilometres (40 mi) north-east of Lavumisa and 45 kilometres (28 mi) south-east of Maloma. The town lies on the Ngwavuma river.
Lubombo is a region of Eswatini, located in the east of the country. It has an area of 5,849.11 km² and a population of 212,531 (2017). Its administrative center is Siteki. It borders all three other regions: Hhohho to the north, Manzini to the west, and Shiselweni to the south. It is divided into 11 tinkhundla.
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The Ubombo non-directional beacon (Ident: UB) is 12.1 nautical miles (22.4 km) north of the runway. [4]
A non-directional (radio) beacon (NDB) is a radio transmitter at a known location, used as an aviation or marine navigational aid. As the name implies, the signal transmitted does not include inherent directional information, in contrast to other navigational aids such as low frequency radio range, VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) and TACAN. NDB signals follow the curvature of the Earth, so they can be received at much greater distances at lower altitudes, a major advantage over VOR. However, NDB signals are also affected more by atmospheric conditions, mountainous terrain, coastal refraction and electrical storms, particularly at long range.
