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.
Sua Pan Airport Sowa Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
Serves | Sowa, Botswana | ||||||||||
Location | Sua Pan | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 2,985 ft / 910 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 20°33′12″S 26°06′55″E / 20.55333°S 26.11528°E | ||||||||||
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SXN Location of airport in Botswana | |||||||||||
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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]