Matekane Air Strip
| Matekane Air Strip | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Lesotho | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 7,544 ft / 2,299 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°55′45″S 27°50′54″E / 29.92916°S 27.84822°ECoordinates: 29°55′45″S 27°50′54″E / 29.92916°S 27.84822°E | ||||||||||
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  MTK Location within Lesotho | |||||||||||
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Source: Google Maps[1] | |||||||||||
Matekane Air Strip is an airport in Matekane, Lesotho with a 400 m (1,300 ft) runway that extends to the edge of a 600 m (2,000 ft) cliff. The runway is often used by charity organizations and doctors to access remote villages in the area, and is labeled as having one of the world's scariest runways.[2]
See also
- Transport in Lesotho
- List of airports in Lesotho
Aviation portal
References
- ↑ Google Maps - Matekane
- ↑ Farhad Heydari (October 2009). "The World's Scariest Runways". Travel & Leisure. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
Photo taken by Bush Pilot Tom Claytor 1993
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