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'''A 15-minute drive along a bumpy road around half the runway in the direction [[Croc Farm]] there is a viewpoint on top of a small hill where locals often picnic and sometimes entire school classes gather to watch the planes fly by.'''
 
'''A 15-minute drive along a bumpy road around half the runway in the direction [[Croc Farm]] there is a viewpoint on top of a small hill where locals often picnic and sometimes entire school classes gather to watch the planes fly by.'''
  
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Due to the elevated area in front of this side of the runway planes only land at [[Ivato International Airport]] from this direction. All planes take off towards the other end of the runway.
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Due to the elevated area in front of this side of the runway planes only land at [[Ivato International Airport]] from this direction. All planes take off towards the other end of the runway. The area is dotted with various small mines where workers can be seen crushing rock into gravel by manual process.
 
 
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Revision as of 16:12, 26 March 2015

A 15-minute drive along a bumpy road around half the runway in the direction Croc Farm there is a viewpoint on top of a small hill where locals often picnic and sometimes entire school classes gather to watch the planes fly by.

20120430 150640 img 7209.jpg
20140613 140604 DSC04160 cropped.jpg Ivato Airport Viewpoint 003.jpg Ivato Airport Viewpoint 004.jpg
Ivato Airport Viewpoint 005.jpg Ivato Airport Viewpoint 006.jpg Ivato Airport Viewpoint 007.jpg

Due to the elevated area in front of this side of the runway planes only land at Ivato International Airport from this direction. All planes take off towards the other end of the runway. The area is dotted with various small mines where workers can be seen crushing rock into gravel by manual process.

More Ivato Airport Viewpoint photos