Qardho Airport

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Qardho Airport

Gegada Diyaaradaha Qardho
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerPuntland Ministry for Civil Aviation and Airports
Serves Qardho, Somalia
Elevation  AMSL 2,632 ft / 802 m
Coordinates 9°32′35″N49°07′04″E / 9.54306°N 49.11778°E / 9.54306; 49.11778 Coordinates: 9°32′35″N49°07′04″E / 9.54306°N 49.11778°E / 9.54306; 49.11778
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Location of the airport in Somalia
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
11,6005,249
Source: [1]

Qardho Airport( IATA : GSR, ICAO : HCMG), also known as Gardo Airport, is an airport serving Qardho, [1] a town in the northeastern Bari region of Somalia.

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Overview

The airport sits at an elevation of 2,632 feet (802 m) above mean sea level. It has a runway that is 1,600 metres (5,249 ft) long. [1]

In late September 2013, Puntland Deputy Minister of Civil Aviation Abdiqani Gelle announced that the authorities in Somalia's autonomous Puntland region would carry out major renovations at the Qardho Airport, as well as at the Garowe International Airport in Garowe and the Abdullahi Yusuf International Airport in Galkayo. A tender process for a similar upgrade initiative was concurrently launched at the Bender Qassim International Airport in Bosaso. [2]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "GSR - Airport". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Somalia: 20 companies compete for Bossaso Airport runway bid". Garowe Online. 30 September 2013. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.


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