Merowe Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Merowe | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 899 ft / 274 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 18°26′35″N 31°50′35″E / 18.44306°N 31.84306°E | ||||||||||
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  MWE Location of the airport in Sudan | |||||||||||
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Merowe Airport (IATA: MWE, ICAO: HSMN) is an airport serving the town of Merowe in Sudan. After critical facilities were completed in 2006, the current airport replaced the smaller Merowe Town airport 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the west.[3] The new Merowe airport has hosted Sudanese Air Force jet fighters, but does not host any full time units stationed.[4]
The airport was attacked during the 2023-2024 War in Sudan, where RSF militias captured Egyptian soldiers who were serving joint military exercises with their Sudanese counterparts.[5] Later, on April 27th 2024, the SAF claimed to have shot down three drones targeting the airport.[6]
- ^ Google Map - Merowe
- ^ Airport information for HSMR at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
- ^ "Orbats".
- ^ "SRF arrest Egyptian military in northern Sudan air base". Sudan Tribune. 15 April 2023.
- ^ umajulius (2024-04-27). "Sudanese army says downed three drones targeting Merowe airport". Sudan Tribune. Retrieved 2024-05-01.