Hobyo Airport

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Obbia Airport

Gegada Diyaaradaha Hobyo
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner Somali Civil Aviation Authority
Serves Hobyo, Somalia
Hub forHobyo
Elevation  AMSL 65 ft / 20 m
Coordinates 5°21′21.31″N48°30′51.84″E / 5.3559194°N 48.5144000°E / 5.3559194; 48.5144000
Map
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Obbia Airport
Location of the airport in Somalia
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
13,6091,100
Sources: World Airport Codes [1]

Obbia Airport( IATA : CMO, ICAO : HCMO) is an airstrip serving Hobyo, Somalia. [1] [2] The facility has a single runway with a non-hardened surface and lies parallel to the coastline, about 2 km inland. The runway has a length of 1100m. [3] There are no fuel storage facilities. There are no scheduled flights to Hobyo.

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In August 2019, it was announced that Qatar planned to build a new airport in Hobyo, but the concrete intentions are not clear yet. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Obbia Airport (CMO)". World Airport Codes. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "Airline and Airport Code Search". www.iata.org.
  3. ↑ "CMO - Obbia, MU, SO - Airport - Great Circle Mapper". www.gcmap.com.
  4. ↑ See: Somalia: Qatar to Build Airport in Hobyo Coastal Town, SOM-Tribune, 20 August 2019. Accessed on 11 November 2020. NB: Although the headline of the article talks about an airport, the article itself talks about a new port. . . .



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