Matekane Air Strip | |
Icao: | FXME |
Lid: | MTK |
Type: | Public |
Elevation-F: | 7544 |
Coordinates: | -29.9292°N 27.8482°W |
Pushpin Map: | Lesotho |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Lesotho |
Pushpin Label: | MTK |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
R1-Number: | 08/26 |
R1-Length-M: | 580 |
R1-Surface: | Grass |
Footnotes: | Source: Google Maps[1] |
Matekane Air Strip is a high elevation airstrip serving Matekane, Lesotho, with a runway that extends to the edge of a 500m (1,600feet) 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.[2]
The Maseru VOR-DME (Ident: MZV) is located 30.3nmi northwest of the airstrip.[3]