Shakawe Airport
Encyclopedia
Shakawe Airport is an aerodrome
serving Shakawe
, a village in the North-West District
of Botswana
. It is the gateway to the northern part of the Okavango Delta
and the Linyati area. Direct charter flights are operated to the aerodrome. It is owned by the Department of Civil Aviation.
of 3380 feet (1,030 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway
designated 11/29 with an bitumen surface measuring 1400 by 18 m (4,593.2 by 59.1 ). The runway handles aircraft with MAUW of up to 5700 kilograms (12,566.3 lb).
Aerodrome
An aerodrome, airdrome or airfield is a term for any location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve cargo, passengers or neither...
serving Shakawe
Shakawe
Shakawe is a village located in the northwest corner of Botswana. It is located at the beginning of the Okavango Delta, close to Namibia and Angola. Shakawe is awakening from its former status as a sleepy little outpost on the Okavango.For travellers, Shakawe means a Botswana entry or exit stamp...
, a village in the North-West District
North-West District (Botswana)
North-West District Council is one of the local authorities of Botswana. It was established in 1966, overlapping the administrative districts of Chobe and Ngamiland...
of Botswana
Botswana
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...
. It is the gateway to the northern part of the Okavango Delta
Okavango Delta
The Okavango Delta , in Botswana, is the world's largest inland delta. It is formed where the Okavango River empties onto a swamp in an endorheic basin in the Kalahari Desert, where most of the water is lost to evaporation and transpiration instead of draining into the sea...
and the Linyati area. Direct charter flights are operated to the aerodrome. It is owned by the Department of Civil Aviation.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevationElevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
of 3380 feet (1,030 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
designated 11/29 with an bitumen surface measuring 1400 by 18 m (4,593.2 by 59.1 ). The runway handles aircraft with MAUW of up to 5700 kilograms (12,566.3 lb).