Matekane Air Strip

Matekane Air Strip
IATA: MTK – ICAO: FXME
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Government of Lesotho
Elevation AMSL	7,544 ft / 2,300 m
Coordinates	29°55′45″S 27°50′54″E / 29.92916°S 27.84822°ECoordinates: 29°55′45″S 27°50′54″E / 29.92916°S 27.84822°E
Map
MTK Location within Lesotho
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 400 1,312 Unpaved
Source: Google Maps[1]

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, which is owned by Sam Matekane of Matekane Group of Companies, is often used by charity organizations and doctors to access remote villages in the area, and is labeled as having one of the world's scariest runways.^[2]

References

1. Google Maps - Matekane
2. Farhad Heydari (October 2009). "The World's Scariest Runways". Travel & Leisure. Retrieved 12 February 2011.