Matekane Air Strip
Matekane Air Strip is a high elevation airstrip serving Matekane, Lesotho, 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 is known as one of the world's scariest runways.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport
- Also known as: “FXME” and “Matekane”
Matekane Air Strip
- Category: transportation
- Location: Mohale’s Hoek District, Lesotho, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-29.929° or 29° 55′ 44″ southLongitude
27.84845° or 27° 50′ 54″ eastElevation
2,366 metres (7,762 feet)Open location code
5G293RCX+C9OpenStreetMap ID
node 2343264056OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Tajik—“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”
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