Borama Airport

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Borama Airport
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Serves Borama, Somaliland
Coordinates 09°56′44″N043°09′03″E / 9.94556°N 43.15083°E / 9.94556; 43.15083 Coordinates: 09°56′44″N043°09′03″E / 9.94556°N 43.15083°E / 9.94556; 43.15083
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BXX
Location of airport in Somaliland
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1,6005,249
Sources: [1] [2]

Borama Airport( IATA : BXX) is an airport serving Borama, [1] the capital city of the Awdal region in Somaliland. The airport is currently not in use, but there are plans to resume operations in the future. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Airport information for Borama, Somaliland (BXX) at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. Boorama Airport
  3. "Minister of Aviation pledges to rejuvenate Borama airport | SOMALILANDINFORMER". 2015-04-03. Archived from the original on 2015-04-03. Retrieved 2017-01-23.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)