Mantšonyane Airport is an airport serving the town of
Mantšonyane
Mantšonyane is a town in central Lesotho. It is located southeast of the capital Maseru, close to the western approach to the Mokhoabong Pass, on a high mountain plateau between the towns of Marakabei and Thaba-Tseka, in the Thaba-Tseka Distric ...
in
Thaba-Tseka District
Thaba-Tseka is a Districts of Lesotho, district of Lesotho. Thaba-Tseka is also the name of the district's capital or Camptown (Lesotho), camptown, which is the only town in the district. In the east, Thaba-Tseka borders on the KwaZulu-Natal Provin ...
,
Lesotho
Lesotho, formally the Kingdom of Lesotho and formerly known as Basutoland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Entirely surrounded by South Africa, it is the largest of only three sovereign enclave and exclave, enclaves in the world, t ...
.
The runway is on a low ridge in a dry
oxbow
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An oxbow is a U-shaped metal pole (or larger wooden frame) that fits the underside and the sides of the neck of an ox or wikt:bullock, bullock. A bow pin holds it in place.
The term "oxbow" is widely used to refer to a U-shaped meand ...
off the
Mantšonyane River. There is a hill at the north end of the runway, and higher terrain in all quadrants.
The Maseru
VOR-DME
In radio navigation, a VOR/DME is a radio beacon that combines a VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) with a distance-measuring equipment (DME). The VOR allows the receiver to measure its Bearing (navigation), bearing to or from the beacon, while the D ...
(Ident: MZV) is west of the airport.
See also
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Transport in Lesotho
This article concerns systems of transport in Lesotho. As a landlocked country, Lesotho has no seaports or harbours, but does have road, air transport, and limited rail infrastructure.
Roads
Prior to Lesotho's independence in 1966, the only p ...
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List of airports in Lesotho
This is a list of airports in Lesotho, sorted by location.
List
Airport names that are indicated in bold indicate that the facility has scheduled service on commercial airlines.
* not officially identified by ICAO
See also
* Transport in L ...
References
External links
FallingRain - Mantsonyane Airport*
Airports in Lesotho
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