Axum Airport
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| Axum Yohannes IV Airport የአክሱም ዮሃነስ አራት የአየር ማረፊያ |
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| IATA: AXU – ICAO: HAAX | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Ethiopian Airports Enterprise | ||
Axum Airport is an airport in Axum, Ethiopia (IATA: AXU, ICAO: HAAX). Located at an elevation of 2108 meters above sea level, this airport has one asphalt runway 2400 meters long by 45 wide.[1] It is capable of receiving very large aircraft, such as the Antonov 124 which brought the Axum Obelisk back from Italy in 2005.
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[edit] Scheduled services
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa[2], Gondar, Lalibela |
[edit] Accidents and incidents
- On 2 May 1987, Douglas C-47A ET-AGT of Ethiopian Airlines was destroyed on the ground in an attack on the airport by Ethiopian Air Force MiG-23s.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Figures are from the last publicly-accessible version of the DAFIF database.
- ^ "Ethiopian Airlines Schedule (Effective 31 October 2010 – 26 March 2011)" (pdf). Ethiopian Airlines. http://www.flyethiopian.com/en/docs/downloads/Ethiopian_Flight_Schedules.pdf. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
- ^ "ET-AGT Criminal Occurrence description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19880502-0. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
[edit] External links
Coordinates: 14°8′51″N 38°46′22″E / 14.1475°N 38.77278°E
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