Simunye Airfield

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Simunye Airfield
Summary
Airport typePublic
Serves Simunye
Elevation  AMSL 673 ft / 205 m
Coordinates 26°11′45″S31°55′50″E / 26.19583°S 31.93056°E / -26.19583; 31.93056 Coordinates: 26°11′45″S31°55′50″E / 26.19583°S 31.93056°E / -26.19583; 31.93056
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FDSM
Location of the airport in Swaziland
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
05/239353,068Grass
Source: GCM [1] Google Maps [2] SkyVector [3]

Simunye Airfield( ICAO : FDSM) is an airstrip serving Simunye, a town in the Lubombo Region of Swaziland.

ICAO airport code four-letter code designating many airports around the world

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.

Simunye Town in Lubombo, Eswatini

Simunye is a sugar mill town on the lowveld in eastern Eswatini. Almost all of the residents of the town work for the Royal Swaziland Sugar Corporation's sugar mill located nearby.

Lubombo Region Place in Eswatini

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 marked runway has a 150 metres (492 ft) unpaved overrun on the northeast end.

The Sikhuphe VOR-DME (Ident: VSK) is located 15.9 nautical miles (29.4 km) southwest of the airstrip. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Airport information for Simunye Airfield at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. ↑ Google Maps - Simunye
  3. ↑ "Simunye Airport". SkyVector. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "FDSM - Simunye Airport | SkyVector". skyvector.com. Retrieved 2018-08-26.

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