Addis Ababa Bole International Airport

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Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
አዲስ አበባ ቦሌ ዓለም አቀፍ አውሮፕላን ማረፊያ
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Terminal 2
IATA: ADDICAO: HAAB
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Ethiopian Airports Enterprise
Serves Addis Ababa
Location Bole, Ethiopia
Hub for Ethiopian Airlines
Elevation AMSL 2,334 m / 7,656 ft
Coordinates 08°58′40″N 38°47′58″E / 8.97778°N 38.79944°E / 8.97778; 38.79944Coordinates: 08°58′40″N 38°47′58″E / 8.97778°N 38.79944°E / 8.97778; 38.79944
Website www.ethiopianairports.com
Map
ADD is located in Ethiopia
ADD
Location of airport in Ethiopia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07R/25L 4,725 15,502 Asphalt
07L/25R 4,604 15,301 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Passengers 6.5 million
Source: List of the busiest airports in Africa

Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (IATA: ADDICAO: HAAB) serves the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The airport is located in the Bole area, 6 km (3.7 mi) south east of Addis Ababa City Centre and 65 km (40 mi) north of Debre Zeyit. Formerly known as Haile Selassie I International Airport, it is the main hub of Ethiopian Airlines, the national airline which has service to destinations in Ethiopia and throughout the African continent, as well as nonstop service to Asia, Europe, and North America. . It is also one of the main pilot training and aircraft maintenance centers in Africa. The Addis Ababa Bole International Airport currently accommodates more than 150 flights per day. The airport is capable of accommodating the Airbus A380-800.[1]

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Lounges [edit]

Ethiopian Airlines passengers are offered two lounges at Bole International Airport. Cloud Nine passengers can wait for the departure of flights at the Cloud Nine Lounge, where they are provided with a wide variety of amenities, as well as personal computers or wireless connection.

Gates [edit]

The airport has two terminals with a total of 11 gates, plus 8 remote aircraft parking stands behind both Terminals. Terminal 1 has 4 gates and Terminal 2 has 7 gates. Terminal 1 serves Domestic and Regional flights for Ethiopian Airlines, EgyptAir , Sudan Airways, and Yemenia. Terminal 2 serves International flights and the rest of the airlines that serve the airport.[2][3] Expansion of the runway, terminals and hangars are under construction by Chinese companies.

Airlines and destinations [edit]

Terminal 2 at dusk
Interior of Terminal 2
Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-700 taxing at Bole International Airport.
Airlines Destinations Terminal
EgyptAir Cairo 2
Emirates Dubai 2
Ethiopian Airlines Arba Minch, Asosa, Axum, Bahar Dar, Dire Dawa, Gambella, Gode, Gondar, Humera, Jijiga, Jimma, Kabri Dar, Lalibela, Mek'ele, Malakal, Shire DOMESTIC
Ethiopian Airlines Abidjan, Abuja, Accra, Bamako, Bangui, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beijing-Capital, Beirut, Berbera, Blantyre, Brazzaville, Brussels, Bujumbura, Cairo, Cotonou, Dakar, Dammam, Dar es Salaam, Delhi, Djibouti, Douala, Dubai, Entebbe, Frankfurt, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Harare, Ho Chi Minh City (begins 18 June 2013),[4] Hong Kong, Jeddah, Johannesburg-OR Tambo, Juba, Khartoum, Kigali, Kilimanjaro, Kinshasa-N'Djili, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Lagos, Libreville, Lilongwe, Lomé, London-Heathrow, Luanda, Lubumbashi, Lusaka, Mahé, Malabo, Manila (begins 18 June 2013),[4] Maputo, Milan-Malpensa, Mombasa, Mumbai, Muscat, Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta, Ndola, N'Djamena, Ouagadougou, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Pointe-Noire, Rome-Fiumicino, Rio de Janerio-Galeao (begins 1 July 2013),[4] Riyadh, Sana'a, Sao Paulo-Guarulhos (begins 1 July 2013),[4] Seoul-Incheon (begins 18 June 2013),[4] Stockholm-Arlanda, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion, Toronto-Pearson, Washington-Dulles, Zanzibar 2
flydubai Dubai 2
Gulf Air Bahrain 2
Kenya Airways Djibouti, Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta 2
Lufthansa Frankfurt, Khartoum 2
Saudia Jeddah, Riyadh 2
Sudan Airways Khartoum 2
Turkish Airlines Istanbul-Atatürk 2
Yemenia Sana'a 2

Cargo airlines [edit]

Airlines Destinations
EgyptAir Cargo Cairo
Emirates SkyCargo Dubai
Etihad Crystal Cargo Abu Dhabi, Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta [5]
Ethiopian Airlines Cargo Accra, Beirut, Brazzaville, Bujumbura, Cairo, Chennai, Dubai, Hong Kong, Jeddah, Johannesburg-OR Tambo, Khartoum, Kigali, Kinshasa-N'Djili, Lagos, Liège, Luxembourg, Mumbai, Pointe-Noire [6]
Saudia Cargo Jeddah
Southern Air Amsterdam
Turkish Airlines Cargo Istanbul-Atatürk

Accidents and incidents [edit]

  • On 18 March 1980, Douglas C-47B ET-AGM of Ethiopian Airlines crashed whilst on a single engined approach to Bole International Airport. The aircraft was on a training flight.[7]

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