Axum Airport
| Axum Emperor Yohannes IV Airport የአክሱም ዮሃነስ አራት የአየር ማረፊያ | |||||||||||
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Axum Airport terminal building | |||||||||||
| IATA: AXU – ICAO: HAAX | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority | ||||||||||
| Operator | Ethiopian Airports Enterprise | ||||||||||
| Serves | Axum, Ethiopia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,108 m / 6,916 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 14°08′13″N 038°46′34″E / 14.13694°N 38.77611°ECoordinates: 14°08′13″N 038°46′34″E / 14.13694°N 38.77611°E | ||||||||||
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  HAAX Location in Ethiopia (Tigray region in red) | |||||||||||
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Axum Airport (IATA: AXU, ICAO: HAAX), also known as Emperor Yohannes IV Airport,[1] is an airport serving Axum,[2] a city in the northern Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The name of the city and airport may also be transliterated as Aksum. The facility is located 5.5 km (3.4 miles) to the east of the city.[1]
The airport is named after Yohannes IV, the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1872 to 1889.
Facilities
Axum Airport resides at an elevation of 2,108 metres (6,916 ft) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34, with an asphalt concrete surface measuring 2,400 by 45 metres (7,874 ft × 148 ft).[1] It is capable of receiving very large aircraft, such as the Antonov 124, which brought the Axum Obelisk back from Italy in 2005.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Ethiopian Airlines[4] | Addis Ababa, Gondar, Lalibela, Mek'ele |
Incidents
On 2 May 1987, Douglas C-47A ET-AGT of Ethiopian Airlines was destroyed on the ground in an attack on the airport by Ethiopian Air Force MiG-23s.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Axum Emperor Yohanes IV Airport". Ethiopian Airports Enterprise. Archived from the original on 29 April 2012.
- 1 2 Airport information for HAAX from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ↑ Airport information for AXU at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ↑ "OAG Internet Timetable". OAG Aviation Worldwide Ltd. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ↑ "ET-AGT Criminal Occurrence description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
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