Matekane Air Strip
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| Matekane Air Strip | |||
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| IATA: - – ICAO: FXME | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Government of Lesotho | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 7,544 ft / 2,300 m | ||
| Coordinates | 29°55′42″S 27°50′46″E / 29.92829°S 27.84614°E | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| - | 400 | 1,312 | Asphalt |
Matekane Air Strip is an airport in Lesotho, Africa with a 400 m (1,300 ft) runway that extends to the edge of a 600 m (2,000 ft) cliff. The airport is often used by charity organizations and doctors to access remote villages in the area, and is labeled as having the world's scariest runway.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Farhad Heydari (October 2009). "The World's Scariest Runways". Travel & Leisure. http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/the-worlds-scariest-runways. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
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