Hobyo Airport

Obbia Airport Gegada Diyaaradaha Hobyo
IATA: CMO ICAO: HCMO
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Somali Civil Aviation Authority
Serves	Hobyo, Somalia
Hub for	Hobyo
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
Obbia Airport Location of the airport in Somalia
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 1 3,609 1,100
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.

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]

See also

• List of airports in Somalia

References

1. "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. . . .

External links

• Airport information for Hobyo Airport at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF  (effective October 2006).