Malakal Airport

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Malakal Airport
Estb.1934
Summary
Airport type Public, Civilian
OwnerCivil Aviation Authority of South Sudan
Serves Malakal, South Sudan
Elevation  AMSL 1,290 ft / 393 m
Coordinates 09°33′32″N031°39′08″E / 9.55889°N 31.65222°E / 9.55889; 31.65222
Map
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Malakal Airport
Location of airport in South Sudan
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
05/232,0006,562Asphalt
Sources: [1] [2]

Malakal Airport( IATA : MAK, ICAO : HJMK) is an airport serving Malakal, [1] a city in Malakal County in the Upper Nile State of South Sudan. The airport is located just north of the city's central business district, adjacent to the main campus of Upper Nile University. Malakal is near the international border with the Republic of Sudan and the border with Ethiopia.

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Malakal is the smaller of two international airports in South Sudan. The largest, Juba International Airport, lies approximately 521 kilometres (281 NM) to the south in the capital city of Juba.

As part of the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), the airport was a major staging point for United Nation operations to South Sudan and will continue to do so under the new United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) mandate. [3]

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 1,291 feet (393 m) above mean sea level. [1] [4] It has one runway designated 05/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,000 by 38 metres (6,562 ft × 125 ft). [1] [5]

Accidents and Incidents

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Golden Wings Aviation Juba

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Airport information for HSSM [usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. Airport information for MAK at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
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