Alula Aba Airport
Alula Aba Nega Airport (Amharic: አሉላ አባ ነጋ የአየር መረፊያ) is an airport in Mek'ele, Ethiopia (IATA: MQX, ICAO: HAMK). Located at an elevation of 2257 meters above sea level, this airport has one asphalt runway 3604 meters long by 43 wide.[1]
This airport was built in the late 1990s to replace an older one located 7 kilometers from Mek'ele. The airport was named after the famous Tigrayan warlord Ras Alula. Aba Nega was his favorite horse, following the custom of attaching the horse's name to that of a well-known warrior's first name. When it first opened, Alula Aba Nega had one unpaved runway 3000 meters long, with seven flights to Addis Ababa, five to Bahir Dar, three or four to Aksum and Lalibela, and three to Shire.[2]
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[edit] Scheduled services
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa, Khartoum, Shire |
[edit] Accidents and incidents
On 22 August 1982, Douglas DC-3 ET-AHP of Ethiopian Airlines was damaged beyond repair in a take-off accident.[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Figures are from the last publicly-accessible version of the DAFIF database.
- ^ "Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 23 January 2009)
- ^ "ET-AHP Accident report". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19820822-0. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
[edit] External links
Coordinates: 13°28′11″N 39°31′44″E / 13.46972°N 39.52889°E
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