Pelaneng Airport

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Pelaneng Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesPelaneng
Elevation  AMSL 7,200 ft / 2,195 m
Coordinates 29°5′17″S28°29′50″E / 29.08806°S 28.49722°E / -29.08806; 28.49722
Map
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PEL
Location of the airport in Lesotho
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
13/31610Dirt
Source: GCM [1] Google Maps [2]

Pelaneng Airport( IATA : PEL, ICAO : FXPG) is an airport serving the settlement of Pelaneng, Lesotho.

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The high elevation, unmarked airstrip sits on a narrow ridge south of the confluence of the Pelaneng and Malibamatso rivers, with rising terrain to the west and a 400+ ft drop into the river valley off the east end. Another higher ridge lies 2,500 feet (762 m) off the east end, requiring an angling final to runway 29. Landing east is less obstructed, but the downhill slope, short runway, and dropoff make it inadvisable.

Aerial imagery from 2018 [3] shows an embanked roadway has been cut across the runway, rendering the runway unusable.

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References

  1. Airport information for PEL at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. Google Maps - Pelaneng
  3. "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2018-08-21.