Egal International Airport Madaarka Caalamiga ah ee Cigaal | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Somaliland Civil Aviation and Airports Authority | ||||||||||
| Serves | Hargeisa, Somaliland | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,423 ft / 1,348 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 09°31′06″N 044°05′20″E / 9.51833°N 44.08889°E | ||||||||||
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Egal International Airport (IATA: HGA, ICAO: HCMH), (Somali: Madaarka Caalamiga ee Cigaal Arabic: مطار عقال الدولي) is an airport in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, named after Somaliland's second president Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, the airport underwent major renovations in 2012–2013.[2] In 2002 the airport handled 85,800 passengers & 4,300 tons of cargo on a total of 6,120 landings.[3]
- ^ "SOMALILAND: President Silanyo Opens Kuwaiti-Funded Egal Airport Runway Extension". somalilandlive.com. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
- ^ "Hargeisa's Egal airport reopens, powered by wind". Somalilandgov. 20 August 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ Berger, Louis (2013). "The European Commission Delegation of the European Commission in Kenya - Pre-Feasibility Study of the Regional Transport Sector in Berbera Corridor" (PDF). Retrieved 24 August 2018.