Katse Airport is an airport serving the
Katse Dam
The Katse Dam, a concrete arch dam on the Malibamat'so River in Lesotho, is Africa's second largest double-curvature arch dam. (The Tekezé Dam, completed in early 2009, is now Africa's largest double curvature dam). The dam is part of the Lesot ...
section of the
Lesotho Highlands Water Project
The Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) is an ongoing water supply project with a hydropower component, developed in partnership between the governments of Lesotho and South Africa. It comprises a system of several large dams and tunnels thr ...
in north-central
Lesotho
Lesotho ( ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked country, landlocked as an Enclave and exclave, enclave in South Africa. It is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the Thabana Ntlenyana, highest mountains in Sou ...
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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.
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 pa ...
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List of airports in Lesotho
This is a list of airports in Lesotho, sorted by location.
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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
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References
External links
OpenStreetMap - Katse
- FallingRain
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* Google Earth
Airports in Lesotho
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