Sua Pan Airport

Sua Pan Airport

Sowa Airport
Summary
Airport typePrivate
ServesSowa, Botswana
LocationSua Pan
Elevation AMSL2,985 ft / 910 m
Coordinates20°33′12″S 26°06′55″E / 20.55333°S 26.11528°E / -20.55333; 26.11528
Map
SXN is located in Botswana
SXN
SXN
Location of airport in Botswana
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
11/29 1,675 5,495 Asphalt
Source: WAD[1] GCM[2] Google Maps[3]

Sua Pan Airport or Sowa Airport (IATA: SXN, ICAO: FBSN) is an airport 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) west of Sowa, a town in the Central District of Botswana.

The runway is between the north and south basins of the Sua Pan (also known as Sowa Pan), a salt pan where sodium carbonate (soda ash) is mined. Sowa means salt in the language of the San.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Airport information for FBSN[usurped]
  2. ^ Airport information for Sua Pan Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ^ Google Maps - Sua Pan
  4. ^ Sowa Pan. Botswana Tourism Board. Archived 2011-02-20 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Murphy, Alan (2007). Southern Africa (4th ed.). Lonely Planet. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-74059-745-6. OCLC 156530975.


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