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Humera Airport (IATA: HUE, ICAO: HAHU)[2] is an airport serving Humera,[1] a town in the northwestern Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The name of the city and airport may also be transliterated as Himera or Himora.

Humera Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerEthiopian Civil Aviation Authority
OperatorEthiopian Airports Enterprise
ServesHumera, Ethiopia
Coordinates13°49′49″N 036°52′54″E
Map
HAHU
Location in Ethiopia (amara region in red)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 3,000 9,843 Asphalt
Source:[1][2][3]
Map all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 
Download coordinates as: KML

Humera Airport is located at 13°49′49″N 036°52′54″E,[4] which is 59 km (37 miles) southeast[5] of Humera (14°18′N 036°37′E). 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 in 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 Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) forces.[7] As of 23 November 2020, Humera town itself was run by Amhara Region 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


AirlinesDestinations
Ethiopian Airlines[9] Mek'ele

References


  1. "Ethiopia inaugurates international airport at Humera". Ethiopian News Agency. 27 July 2009.
  2. Accident history for Humera, Ethiopia (HUE / HAHU) at Aviation Safety Network
  3. Google Maps - Humera
  4. "Coordinates for Humera Airstrip (13°49'49"N 36°52'54"E)". Wikimapia. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  5. "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.
  6. "Historical Ethiopian Birr exchange rates for 7/8/2009". exchange-rates.org.
  7. "Ethiopian military seizes airport as fighting rages in Tigray". AlJazeera.
  8. "Inside Humera, a town scarred by Ethiopia's war". Al Jazeera English. 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  9. "Domestic route map". Ethiopian Airlines. Archived from the original on 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2012-08-27.


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