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Old 20th Aug 2009, 13:07
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Photo of Kokoda Airstrip

I think that someone asked for a photo of the strip. This is the best that I can do on short notice.



As Chuck and others have said, in it's heyday, it was a DC3 strip but, as you can see, there's not a lot of opportunity to take photos on approach. And, as it's a one-way strip, not a lot to see on the way out either. Land 17, take-off 35.

This photo was taken some MANY years ago but, even then, the strip had progressively fallen into disrepair, with a large unusable section prior to the permanently displaced THR. Average elevation 1269 feet, length (excluding unusable section) 855 metres, average slope 2.2% (1.26 degrees). Surface is grassed black silt which is quite solid in dry conditions, but a tad slippery when wet.
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