Matekane Air Strip

Matekane Air Strip is a high elevation airstrip serving Matekane, , with a runway that extends to the edge of a 500 m 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.
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  • Aerodrome
  • …lies at an elevation of 2,366 metres (7,762 feet)
  • Description: airport
  • Also known as
    “FXME”
    “Matekane”

Matekane Air Strip

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Latitude
-29.929° or 29° 55′ 44″ south
Longitude
27.84845° or 27° 50′ 54″ east
Open location code
5G293RCX+C9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2343264056
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
13372409
Wiki­data ID
Q1040669

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Uzbek—“Matekane Air Strip” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Franxa Aérea Matekane”
  • Chinese: “馬特凱恩機場”
  • Chinese: “马特凯恩机场”
  • Dutch: “Matekane Airstrip”
  • Dutch: “Vliegveld Matekane”
  • French: “Piste de Matekane”
  • Hungarian: “Matekane kifutópálya”
  • Indonesian: “FXME”
  • Indonesian: “MTK”
  • Japanese: “マテカネ空港”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه صحرایی ماتکان”
  • Polish: “FXME”
  • Polish: “Lądowisko Matekane”
  • Russian: “Взлётно-посадочная полоса Матекане”
  • Russian: “Матекане”
  • Spanish: “Franja Aerea Matekane”
  • Spanish: “Franja Aérea Matekane”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи саҳро моткон”
  • Uzbek: “Matekane aerodromi”

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