Humera Airport

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]

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 on July 2009 exchange rates).[6]

On Nov 10th, 2020, the Ethiopian military took control of the airport, amid a conflict in the northern Tigray region. [7]


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[8] 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. "Domestic route map". Ethiopian Airlines.


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