Shakawe Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Department of Civil Aviation | ||||||||||
Location | Shakawe, Botswana | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 3,380 ft / 1,030 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 18°22′25″S21°50′00″E / 18.37361°S 21.83333°E | ||||||||||
Website | www.dca.gov.bw/... | ||||||||||
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Shakawe Airport( IATA : SWX, ICAO : FBSW) is an airport serving Shakawe, a village in the North-West District of Botswana.
It is the gateway to the northern part of the Okavango Delta and the Linyati area. Direct charter flights are operated to the aerodrome. It is owned by the Department of Civil Aviation.
An aerodrome is a location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve air cargo, passengers, or neither, and regardless of whether it is for public or private use. Aerodromes include small general aviation airfields, large commercial airports, and military air bases.
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 quarterly in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators, are used by air traffic control and airline operations such as flight planning. ICAO codes are also used to identify other aviation facilities such as weather stations, international flight service stations or area control centers, whether or not they are located at airports. Flight information regions are also identified by a unique ICAO-code.
SWX may refer to:
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