Mapel Airstrip is an airport in South Sudan.
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Airport type | Public, Civilian | ||||||||||
Serves | Mapel, South Sudan | ||||||||||
Location | Mapel, ![]() | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | - ft / - m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 07°17′39″N 28°26′44″E / 7.29417°N 28.44556°E | ||||||||||
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Location
editMapel Airstrip is located in Jur River County, Western Bahr el Ghazal State, near the town of Mapel.
This location lies approximately 440 kilometres (270 mi), by air, northwest of Juba International Airport, the largest airport in South Sudan.[1] The elevation of Mapel Airstrip is unknown. It has a single, unpaved runway.
Overview
editMapel Airstrip is a small civilian airport that serves the towns of Mapel and Medil. There are no known scheduled airlines serving this airport at this time, but the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service served the field from Rumbek Airport.[2]
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editReferences
edit- ^ "Distance between Juba () (Airport) and Mapel Airstrip (Sudan)". distancecalculator.globefeed.com. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
- ^ "UNHAS South Sudan Fixed Flight Schedule | Logistics Cluster". www.logcluster.org. Retrieved 2018-08-24.