Hargeisa International Airport

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The Hargeisa airport (English Hargeisa International Airport ), named after the politician Mohammed Haji Ibrahim Egal also matter International Airport, is the international airport of Hargeisa, the capital of the internationally unrecognized Somaliland.

He is approached by Daallo Airlines, Djibouti Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines and Jubba Airways.

History

The Hargeisa airport has been built during the colonial era in 1954 as a British military airfield. The airstrip was originally composed of gravel. 1958 runway, terminal building and parking have been installed.

After independence from British Somaliland, the start and runway was with a length of 2438 m and created new paved in 1973. Since then, minor necessary repairs were carried out only. The new airport area is in the vicinity of since disused military airfield.

Presence

The airstrip is located in a mediocre to poor condition. This is also true on the runway, which branches with a length of 245 m and a width of 23 m from the start and runway. Since the apron is just 200 mx 90 m, maneuver and park aircraft often in the adjacent gravel field. The drainage of paved areas is insufficient. Lighting systems and effective protection fences are not present; Fire and rescue vehicles are fully exposed to the weather. Air freight is handled directly in advance on truck since no separate cargo terminal exists.

Due to the location Hargeisas in the area of ​​Berbera Corridor, a 2005 -developed high-performance road link that connects the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa with the Somali port city of Berbera, and an increase in passenger traffic by exiled Somalis should learn a fundamental modernization of the airport. The British government funded as part of expansion includes the construction of new check-in areas, which were inaugurated in May 2008. In January 2009, nine fire engines were purchased in this framework.

In 2013, the airport of Jubba Airways is served in regular service.