Gode Airport

Gode Airport
IATA: GDE ICAO: HAGO
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Gode, Ethiopia
Location	Gode
Elevation  AMSL	830 ft / 254 m
Coordinates	5°56′07″N43°34′43″E / 5.93528°N 43.57861°E / 5.93528; 43.57861
Map
GDE Location of airport in Ethiopia
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 04/22 7,500 2,280 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF database

Gode Airport, which is named Ugaas Mirad Ugaas Leyli Airport, ( IATA : GDE, ICAO : HAGO) is a public airport in the city of Gode, in eastern Ethiopia. The airport is located at an elevation of 254 meters above sea level. Its only runway, with an asphalt surface, is 2,288 meters in length and 35 meters wide. ^[1]

Construction of the airport began in 1965 by the Swedish construction firm Skanska, and was formally inaugurated by Emperor Haile Selassie on 10 June 1966. Although originally a military air base, Gode Airport was afterwards also used for civil flights. ^[2]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa, [3] Dire Dawa, Jijiga

References

1. Figures are from the last publicly accessible version of the DAFIF database.
2. "Local History in Ethiopia" Archived May 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 21 November 2007)
3. "Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ADD". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 26 (11). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 17–19. May 2025. ISSN   1466-8718.

External links

• Ethiopian Airlines Routes