Airports / Botswana / SXN
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
84 nm
To the nearest alternate
Phillip Gaonwe Matante International Airport (FRW).
Overview
Sua Pan Airport, listed as FBSN / SXN, is a mid-sized airport in Sowa, Botswana. Field elevation is 2,985 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list SXN as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Phillip Gaonwe Matante International Airport (FRW, 84 nm), Hwange National Park Airport (HWN, 126 nm), and Selebi Phikwe Airport (PKW, 132 nm).
Trip costs from SXN are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from SXN to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
FBSN
IATA
SXN
FAA / Local
FBSN
Elevation
2,985 ft
Coordinates
20.5534° S · 26.1158° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Botswana fields
state range 2,925–3,900 ft
At 2,985 ft, SXN sits lower than 71% of the 7 Botswana fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 84nmFRWPhillip Gaonwe Matante International AirportFrancistown
- 126nmHWNHwange National Park AirportGwayi River Farms
- 132nmPKWSelebi Phikwe AirportSelebi Phikwe
- 145nmBUQJoshua Mqabuko Nkomo International AirportBulawayo
- 148nmVFAVictoria Falls International AirportVictoria Falls
- 155nmMUBMaun International AirportMaun
Location
Open the full mapFBSN · Sua Pan Airport · Sowa, Botswana