Las Anod International Airport | |||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Somali Civil Aviation Authority | ||||||||||
| Serves | Las Anod, Somalia | ||||||||||
| Location | Tifafleh | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,077 ft / 633 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 8°34′00″N47°20′35″E / 8.56667°N 47.34306°E | ||||||||||
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  HCMP Location of the airport in Somalia | |||||||||||
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| Source: GCM [1] Google Maps [2] | |||||||||||
Las Anod International Airport( ICAO : HCMP) is an airstrip northwest of the city of Las Anod, the capital of SSC-Khaatumo and Sool region in Somalia.
In the mid 1900s decad, Tifafle, where the airport is situated, was an interim western waypoint that was negotiated in a three way agreement between the British and Italian colonial powers on the one hand, and the Dervish State on the other. Its waypoint lay between Hudun and Kalabaydh, Sool, the renamed new name for Baran. [3]
In the 2010s, controversies have occurred at Las Anod airport, including over the importation of Khat, a leaf stimulant, [4] and fighting between Dhulbahante subclans. [5]
The airport is located at the outskirts of the city of Las Anod, roughly 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) in a northwesterly direction in the locality of Tifafleh. [6]
... Tifafle, and from Tifafle to Damot. § § This line was modified by Agreement between Great Britain and the Italian Government of 19th March, 1907, as follows:—From Halin to Hodin, Hodin to Tifafle, Tifafle to Bar an, Baran to Damot
