Erigavo Airport | |||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||
| Owner | Somaliland Civil Aviation and Airports Authority | ||||||||||
| Serves | Erigavo, Somaliland | ||||||||||
| Location | Erigavo, Somaliland | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1950 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 5,853 ft / 1,784 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 10°38′32″N047°23′17″E / 10.64222°N 47.38806°E | ||||||||||
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  ERA Location of airport in Somaliland | |||||||||||
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Erigavo Airport( IATA : ERA [2] , ICAO : HCMU) is an airport serving Erigavo [1] [3] (Somali : Garoonka Diyaaradaha Ilkacase), the capital of the Sanaag region in Somaliland.
The airport resides at an elevation of 5,720 feet (1,743 m) above mean sea level. It has a runway which is 2,000 metres (6,562 ft) long. [1]
Tower Frequency: 121.000
MET Available 02:00Z-15:00Z
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