Humera Airport

Humera Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerEthiopian Civil Aviation Authority
OperatorEthiopian Airports Enterprise
ServesHumera, Ethiopia
Coordinates13°49′49″N 036°52′54″E / 13.83028°N 36.88167°E / 13.83028; 36.88167
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HAHU is located in Ethiopia
HAHU
HAHU
Location in Ethiopia (specifically in Tigray which is highlighted in red)
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 3,000 9,843 Asphalt
Source:[1][2][3]

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]

  1. ^ a b c "Ethiopia inaugurates international airport at Humera". Ethiopian News Agency. 27 July 2009.
  2. ^ a b 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. Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2012-08-27.