Ground Elevation

[johnsa]

Which airstrip is the highest in South Africa? I'am looking for 3 or 4 strips over 5000 ft.

Thanks

Johnsa

[BOATCH]

Barkly east in the eastern cape is at 5872ft and there is n nother strip that they use when they are on the way to tiffendale skie resort.

[Tracer]

Aero 57 5100ft, Microland I think is around 5400ft

[Low Level]

The whole of Jo'burg and surroundings' airstrips are over 5 000 ft - region of 5 200 ft.

Pretoria little lower at 4 800 ft average.

[johnsa]

Yhanks for the replies. Is limpopo not higher than Gauteng?

[Tracer]

Rietfontein 5100 feet, Belfast almost 6,000 feet, and we landed on sani pass once at 10,500 feet

Now that Sani Pass one sounds like bragging

[johnsa]

Demon bragging

[Stephan van Tonder]

Yup lots of fields over 5000' in gauteng. Petit is 5480' Belfast and Bethlehem is at around 6000'

[craig]

Yep ; seen the awesome photos ,Demon and crew landing on top of Sani pass ,they are hanging up in a certain pub in the Drakensberg ,Makes you think !!!
Now they want to tar that stretch where he landed

[johnsa]

Demon in a pub never

[Low Level]

Yhanks for the replies. Is limpopo not higher than Gauteng?

Limpopo is actually much lower than Joburg. Messina I think is in the region of 2 000 ft.

That's why it's so bloody hot there.

[kloot piloot]

Registered fields in order of ft ASL:

5620' Volksrust
5600' Majuba
5585' Harrismith
5561' Bethlehem
5558' OR Tambo
5499' Krugersdorp
5476' Microland

Limpopo:

1914' Tzaneen
1881' Mussina
1432' Phalaborwa
1020' Skukuza (Northern province or Mpumalanga ?)

[johnsa]

That must have been cold, you sitting still in all that wind and ice climate. Now I understand why you ended up in the bar

[Tracer]

come now herman would i brag
here is the proof, and my two old planes...both now at laser i gather

Hell, that's nice... cold probably, but nice.... They almost at Laser yeah

[Trikenut]

That is AWSOME!!
Only thing that spoils the view is the GT450 or whatever it is!
I SO am doing that one day!