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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 and sometimes entire school classes meet up to watch the planes fly by.'''
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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.'''
  
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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 are manually crushing rocks into gravel.
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Ivato Airport viewpoint
 
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Due to the hill right in front of this side of the runway planes can only been seen from this direction while landing at [[Ivato International Airport]]. All planes take off in the other direction.
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-18.792157, 47.461485~'''Ivato Airport viewpoint'''~~;
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== Additional information ==
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View all [[Ivato Airport Viewpoint photos]]

Latest revision as of 15:18, 16 January 2021

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 010.jpg
Ivato Airport Viewpoint 005.jpg Ivato Airport Viewpoint 006.jpg Ivato Airport Viewpoint 007.jpg
Ivato Airport Viewpoint 019.jpg Ivato Airport Viewpoint 017.jpg Ivato Airport Viewpoint 030.jpg
Ivato Airport Viewpoint 026.jpg Ivato Airport Viewpoint 029.jpg Ivato Airport Viewpoint 023.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 are manually crushing rocks into gravel.

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Additional information

View all Ivato Airport Viewpoint photos