Matekane Air Strip
Matekane Air Strip | |||||||||||
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 Photo by Bush Pilot Tom Claytor 1993 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 7,544 ft (2,299 m) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 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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Matekane Air Strip is a high elevation airstrip serving Matekane, Lesotho, with a runway that extends to the edge of a 500 m (1,600 ft) cliff. The runway is often used by charity organizations and doctors to access remote villages in the area, and has been described as one of the world's scariest runways.[1]
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References
- ↑ Farhad Heydari (October 2009). "The World's Scariest Runways". Travel & Leisure. Retrieved 12 February 2011.