Sua Pan Airport
| Sua Pan Airport Sowa Airport | |||||||||||
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  Sua Pan (Sowa) | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Private | ||||||||||
| Serves | Sowa, Botswana | ||||||||||
| Location | Sua Pan | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,985 ft / 910 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 20°33′12″S 026°06′56″E / 20.55333°S 26.11556°E | ||||||||||
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Sua Pan Airport or Sowa Airport (IATA: SXN, ICAO: FBSN) is an airport located west of Sowa, a town in the Central District of Botswana. It is located near the Sua Pan (also known as Sowa Pan), a salt pan where sodium carbonate (soda ash) is mined. Sowa means salt in the language of the San.[3][4]
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of 2,985 feet (910 m) above mean sea level and it has one runway designated 11/29 with an asphalt surface measuring 1,640 by 20 metres (5,381 ft × 66 ft).[1]
References
- 1 2 Airport information for FBSN from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ↑ Airport information for SXN at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ↑ Sowa Pan. Botswana Tourism Board.
- ↑ Murphy, Alan (2007). Southern Africa (4th ed.). Lonely Planet. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-74059-745-6. OCLC 156530975.
External links
- Current weather for Sua-Pan, Botswana (FBSN) at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for Suapan Airport (SXN) at Aviation Safety Network
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