Katse Airport Explained

Katse Airport
Icao:FXKA
Type:Public
City-Served:Katse Dam
Elevation-F:7000
Coordinates:-29.3636°N 28.5272°W
Pushpin Map:Lesotho
Pushpin Label:FXKA
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the airport in Lesotho
R1-Number:18/36
R1-Length-M:995
R1-Surface:Gravel
Metric-Rwy:y
Footnotes:Source: GCM Google Maps[1] SkyVector[2]

Katse Airport is an airport serving the Katse Dam section of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project in north-central Lesotho.

The high elevation runway has a overrun on the south end, and a steep dropoff to the Malibamatso River on the north end. Some sections of the runway are built on rock fill and have no shoulder. There are hills and ravines in all quadrants.

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Notes and References

  1. https://maps.google.com/?ll=-29.363457,28.525701&spn=0.019243,0.017574&t=h&z=16 Google Maps - Katse
  2. https://skyvector.com/airport/FXKA/Katse-Airport Katse Airport