Hargeysa Airport
| Hargeysa Airport | |
|---|---|
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | HCMH |
| IATA code | HGA |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 1348 m (4423 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 6 km south of Hargeisa |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1954 |
| operator | Republic of Somaliland (Ministry of Civil Aviation) |
| Terminals | 2 |
| Passengers | 56,000 (2002) |
| Air freight | 2300 t (2002) |
| Flight movements |
1750 (2002) |
| Capacity ( PAX per year) |
200,000 |
| Start-and runway | |
| 06/24 | 2438 m × 45 m asphalt |
The Hargeisa Airport ( english Hargeisa International Airport ), according to the politician Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal also Regardless International Airport called, is the international airport of Hargeisa , capital of the internationally unrecognized Somaliland .
It is served by Daallo Airlines , Djibouti Airlines , Ethiopian Airlines , Jubba Airways , Flydubai and Air Arabia .
history
Hargeisa Airport was built as a British military airfield during the colonial era in 1954 . The runway was originally made of gravel. In 1958 a taxiway , terminal building and parking lots were installed.
After independence from British Somaliland , the runway was rebuilt and paved with a length of 2,438 m in 1973. Since then, only minor necessary repairs have been carried out. The new airport area is in the vicinity of the military airfield, which has not been used since then.
present
The runway is in fair to poor condition. This also applies to the taxiway, which branches off to the runway with a length of 245 m and a width of 23 m. Since the apron is only 200 m × 90 m, aircraft often maneuver and park in the adjacent gravel field. The paved areas have insufficient drainage. Lighting systems and effective protective fences are not available; Fire and rescue vehicles are exposed to the weather without any protection. Air freight is transferred to trucks directly in advance, as there is no separate cargo terminal.
Due to the location of Hargeisa in the area of the Berbera Corridor, a high-performance road connection that was expanded in 2005 and connects the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa with the Somali port city of Berbera , and the increased number of exiled Somalis, the airport is to undergo a fundamental modernization. The British government financed the construction of new terminal facilities as a partial expansion, which were inaugurated in May 2008. In January 2009, nine fire engines were acquired in this context.
Individual evidence
- ^ Jubba Airways - Flight Schedules . ( Memento of the original from November 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Jubba Airways, March 4, 2013
- ^ Flydubai - Destinations . Flydubai, October 16, 2017
- ↑ Somalia: Hargeisa airport averts closure. IRIN, September 26, 2003
- ↑ Emergency repairs keep Hargeisa airport, Somalia lifeline, open. ReliefWeb, September 30, 2003
- ↑ THW project work in Somaliland finished. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. THW, December 16, 2005
- ↑ British Ambassador formally opens new additions at Egal International Airport. Somaliland Times, May 24, 2008
- ↑ Hargeisa's Egal International Airport Receives New Fire Trucks. ( Memento of the original from January 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Somaliland Press, January 22, 2009
