Humera Airport

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Humera Airport
Humera Airport Western Tigray.jpg
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority
OperatorEthiopian Airports Enterprise
Serves Humera, Ethiopia
Coordinates 13°49′49″N036°52′54″E / 13.83028°N 36.88167°E / 13.83028; 36.88167
Map
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HAHU
Location in Ethiopia (specifically in Tigray which is highlighted in red)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
13/313,0009,843Asphalt
Source: [1] [2] [3]
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as KML

Humera Airport( IATA : HUE, ICAO : HAHU) [2] is a public airport serving Humera, [1] a town in the Tigray Region of northern Ethiopia. The name of the city and airport may also be transliterated as Himera or Himora.

Contents

Humera Airport is located at 13°49′49″N036°52′54″E / 13.83028°N 36.88167°E / 13.83028; 36.88167 (Humera Airport (new)) , [4] which is 59 km (37 miles ) southeast [5] of Humera ( 14°18′N036°37′E / 14.300°N 36.617°E / 14.300; 36.617 (Humera, Ethiopia) ). Humera's current airport opened in July 2009. It was constructed by the Ethiopian Airports Enterprise over a three-year period, at a cost of over 182 million birr [1] (about 16 million U.S. dollars based on the July 2009 exchange rates). [6]

Tigray War

On 10 November 2020 during the Tigray War, the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) took over control of the airport from the Tigray Defense Forces. [7] As of 23 November 2020, Humera town itself was run by Amhara regional administrative and military forces. [8]

Facilities

Humera Airport has one runway, which measures 3,000 by 45 metres (9,843 ft × 148 ft). [1]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Ethiopian Airlines Mek'ele [9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Ethiopia inaugurates international airport at Humera". Ethiopian News Agency. 27 July 2009.
  2. 1 2 Accident history for Humera, Ethiopia (HUE / HAHU) at Aviation Safety Network
  3. ↑ Google Maps - Humera
  4. ↑ "Coordinates for Humera Airstrip (13°49'49"N 36°52'54"E)". Wikimapia . Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "Distance and heading from Humera (14°18'N 36°37'E) to Humera Airport (14°49'49"N 36°52'54"E)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "Historical Ethiopian Birr exchange rates for 7/8/2009". exchange-rates.org. Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
  7. ↑ "Ethiopian military seizes airport as fighting rages in Tigray". AlJazeera.
  8. ↑ "Inside Humera, a town scarred by Ethiopia's war". Al Jazeera English . 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  9. ↑ "Domestic route map". Ethiopian Airlines. Archived from the original on 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2012-08-27.


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