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Debre Tabor Airport | |||||||||||
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Serves | Debre Tabor | ||||||||||
Location | Ethiopia | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 8,465 ft / 2,580 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 11°53′06″N38°00′32″E / 11.88500°N 38.00889°E | ||||||||||
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Debre Tabor Airport is an airport in the town of Debre Tabor, in northern Ethiopia ( IATA : DBT, ICAO : HADT).
As part of its counter-offensive in the Tigray War, on 18 August 2021, the Tigray People's Liberation Front tried to take control of Debre Tabor Airport but failed. [1]
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