Addis Ababa Airport
| Bole International Airport | |
|---|---|
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | HAAB |
| IATA code | ADD |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 2334 m (7657 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | approx. 3 km southeast of Addis Ababa |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1961 |
| operator | Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority |
| Terminals | 2 |
| Passengers | 6,500,000 (2012) |
| Air freight | 1,420,997 (2009) |
| Flight movements |
109,775 |
| Capacity ( PAX per year) |
7 million |
| Runways | |
| 07R / 25L | 3800 m × 45 m asphalt |
| 07L / 25R | 3700 m × 45 m asphalt |
The Bole International Airport (formerly Haile Selassie I International Airport ) is the international passenger airport to the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa . It serves as the hub and home airport of Ethiopian Airlines .
history
The airport was created in 1961 in the southeast of the city, near the Bole district.
In 2003 a new terminal for international flights and a new 3800 m long runway were inaugurated. The new terminal is one of the largest in Africa and increased the airport's capacity from 500,000 to around 7 million passengers a year.
Furnishing
Terminal building
Bole International Airport has two passenger terminals . Terminal 1 has four gates and is used for national and regional flights, Terminal 2 with seven gates serves international long-haul flights.
Runways
The airport has two runways, 3700 and 3800 meters in length, which are equipped with ILS .
Airlines and Destinations
Addis Ababa serves as the hub of the national airline Ethiopian Airlines, which flies to numerous regional and international destinations from here, including Dar Es Salaam , London , Beijing , the Seychelles and Washington, DC. In addition, other airlines fly the airport primarily from Africa , the Middle East and Europe . Destinations in German-speaking countries are currently Frankfurt , which is regularly connected to Addis Ababa by Ethiopian Airlines and Lufthansa , and Vienna (Ethiopian Airlines).
Incidents
- On April 18, 1972, a tire of a Vickers VC10 of East African Airways ( aircraft registration 5X-UVA ) taking off burst at Addis Ababa Airport after it had rolled over a piece of steel lying on the runway. The part belonged to a Cessna 185 that had started five hours earlier . Due to an incorrectly repaired brake system, the machine did not come to a stop in time after the start abort was initiated and shot over the runway. Of the 107 occupants, 43 were killed in the accident.
- On December 8, 1972 attempted shortly after the start of a Boeing 720-060B of Ethiopian Airlines (air vehicle registration number unknown) from the airport Addis Ababa seven hijackers from Eritrea to bring the machine under their control. There was an exchange of fire with the six flight safety attendants present on board the machine, whereupon one of the hijackers threw a hand grenade into the passenger cabin, which exploded at 29,000 feet (8,839 meters). The heavily damaged machine could be flown back to Addis Ababa safely, except for the seven kidnappers killed in the exchange of fire, there were no dead on board (see also Ethiopian Airlines flight 708 ) .
- On March 10, 2019, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 crashed on Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 shortly after take-off with 149 passengers and 8 crew members on the way to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi near Bishoftu . All inmates were killed.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ New airline with long-haul connections from Vienna Airport: Starting today, Ethiopian Airlines will fly from Vienna to Addis Ababa , Vienna Airport, June 2, 2014
- ^ Accident report VC10 5X-UVA , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 11, 2017
- ↑ ICAO Aircraft Accident Digest No. 21, Circular 132-AN / 93 (English), pp. 3–21.