Ubombo Ranches Airfield

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Ubombo Ranches Airfield

Big Bend
Summary
Airport typePublic
Serves Big Bend
Elevation  AMSL 465 ft / 142 m
Coordinates 26°46′10″S31°56′14″E / 26.76944°S 31.93722°E / -26.76944; 31.93722
Map
Eswatini adm location map.svg
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FDUB
Location of the airport in Eswatini
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
01/198102,657Grass
Source: GCM [1] Google Maps [2]

Ubombo Ranches Airfield( ICAO : FDUB) is an airport serving the sugar refinery town [3] of Big Bend in Lubombo Region, Eswatini. The runway is just west of the refinery.

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The Ubombo non-directional beacon (Ident: UB) is on the field. [4]

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References

  1. Airport information for Ubombo Ranches Airfield at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. Google Maps - Big Bend
  3. "Illova Sugar Africa". Illova Sugar Swaziland. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  4. "SkyVector: Flight Planning / Aeronautical Charts". skyvector.com. Retrieved 2018-08-26.