Matekane Air Strip

Matekane Air Strip
IATA: - – ICAO: FXME
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Government of Lesotho
Elevation AMSL		7,544 ft / 2,300 m
Coordinates		29°55′42″S 27°50′46″E / 29.92829°S 27.84614°E / -29.92829; 27.84614
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
-	400	1,312	Asphalt

Matekane Air Strip is an airport in Lesotho, Africa with a 400 m (1,300 ft) runway that extends to the edge of a 600 m (2,000 ft) cliff. The airport is often used by charity organizations and doctors to access remote villages in the area, and is labeled as having the world's scariest runway.^[1]

References

1. ^ Farhad Heydari (October 2009). "The World's Scariest Runways". Travel & Leisure. http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/the-worlds-scariest-runways. Retrieved 12 February 2011.