Djibouti airport

Djibouti-Ambouli International Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	HDAM
IATA code	JIB
Coordinates	11 ° 32 '50 " N , 43 ° 9' 34" E Coordinates: 11 ° 32 '50 " N , 43 ° 9' 34" E
Height above MSL	15 m (49 ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	4 km from Djibouti City
Local transport	Buses, taxis
Basic data
Terminals	1
Passengers	133,334
Air freight	10,510
Flight ; movements	17,834
Start-and runway
09/27	3150 m × 45 m asphalt

The Djibouti airport or Djibouti-Ambouli International Airport , is the largest commercial airport in the East African state of Djibouti . It is located about four kilometers outside the capital Djibouti . In 2005 about 133,000 passengers were transported.

General

The airport has a paved runway with a length of 3150 meters. An instrument landing approach (ILS) on runway 27 is possible, the RWY 09 can be approached using the VOR approach. The international airport has enough parking facilities to accommodate a Boeing 747 . The airport is open daily from midnight to midnight. In the terminal there are only two gates and a business lounge.

Military use

Attached to the south of the airport is the military part of the airport, which is used by various troops:

The air forces of Djibouti, the Djiboutian Air Force with its 250 soldiers and 12 aircraft.
Camp Lemonnier , which was operated by the French Foreign Legion until the beginning of the millennium , has been an American location with around 3,500 soldiers since 2002 and is subordinate to the AFRICOM command in Stuttgart. From there, large parts of the air support for Operation Enduring Freedom were provided, today mainly drones are stationed , also for missions with targeted killings .

Base aérienne 188 , which has existed since 1948, is a facility of the French Air Force . Since then, fighter planes such as A-1 , F-100 , Mirage IIIC or, most recently from 1988 to 2002, the Mirage F1 , which has been operated by various squadrons, since 1978 the Escadron de chasse (EC) "Vexin", which changed its number several times , have been permanently stationed here , were made. As EC 4/33 it was converted to the Dassault Mirage 2000C / D in 2001/2002 and was replaced in 2008 by the EC 3/11 "Corse". In 2011, they exchanged their Mirage 2000C for Mirage 2000-5F and handed over their Mirage 2000D in 2016. In addition, since 1958 there has been the Transportfliegerstaffel 88 (since 1988 with the traditional name "Larzac"), which has also had various names over the years, most recently as Escadron de transport . It operated a number of different types of aircraft such as the Ju 52 and for a good 36 years, from 1983 to 2019, the C-160 . Since then, the squadron has operated a "Casa" (CN-235) . Helicopters have also been part of the squadron's fleet since 1963, currently three SA330s .

The American armed forces reported security problems caused by the airport's air traffic controllers, corresponding reports were made known in April 2015 through a request from American aviation experts.

Airlines

Djibouti Airport is served by several international airlines. Among others, from Charles-de-Gaulle airport by Air France or from Dubai by Daallo Airlines . Turkish Airlines offers the Istanbul - Djibouti - Mogadishu and back four times a week . The airport is thus connected to two European airports.

Incidents

On September 17, 1991 was Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules of Ethiopian Airlines ( air vehicle registration ET-AJL flown) when returning to the airport Djibouti in the Mt Arey. The flight to Dire Dawa was canceled due to problems with the nose landing gear . All 4 crew members were killed.