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Manakara Airport

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Manakara Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorADEMA (Aéroports de Madagascar)
ServesManakara
LocationFitovinany, Madagascar
Elevation AMSL33 ft / 10 m
Coordinates22°07′11″S 48°01′18″E / 22.11972°S 48.02167°E / -22.11972; 48.02167
Map
WVK is located in Madagascar
WVK
WVK
Location within Madagascar
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
05/23 3,886 1,184 Asphalt
DAFIF[1]
A train crossing the runway

Manakara Airport (IATA: WVK, ICAO: FMSK) is an airport in Manakara, Fitovinany, Madagascar, located on the east coast on the island.

The Fianarantsoa-Côte Est railway crosses the runway of this airport, making it is one of only a few airports in the world that crosses a live railway line. The other two airports are Peshawar Airport in Pakistan and Gisborne Airport in New Zealand.

References

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  1. ^ "FMSK WAD". World Aero Data. DAFIF. Archived from the original on July 2, 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)