Humera Airport
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Direction | Length | Surface | |
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m | ft | ||
13/31 | 3,000 | 9,843 | Asphalt |
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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.
Humera Airport is located at 13°49′49″N 036°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′N 036°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
Airlines | Destinations |
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Ethiopian Airlines | Mek'ele[9] |
References
- ^ a b c d "Ethiopia inaugurates international airport at Humera". Ethiopian News Agency. 27 July 2009.
- ^ a b Accident history for Humera, Ethiopia (HUE / HAHU) at Aviation Safety Network
- ^ Google Maps - Humera
- ^ "Coordinates for Humera Airstrip (13°49'49"N 36°52'54"E)". Wikimapia. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Historical Ethiopian Birr exchange rates for 7/8/2009". exchange-rates.org. Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
- ^ "Ethiopian military seizes airport as fighting rages in Tigray". AlJazeera.
- ^ "Inside Humera, a town scarred by Ethiopia's war". Al Jazeera English. 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
- ^ "Domestic route map". Ethiopian Airlines. Archived from the original on 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
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