Bole International Airport

"Bole Airport" redirects here. For the airport serving Bole, China, see Bole Alashankou Airport.

Addis Ababa Bole International Airport አዲስ አበባ ቦሌ ዓለም አቀፍ አውሮፕላን ማረፊያ
Terminal 2
IATA: ADD – ICAO: HAAB
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Ethiopian Airports Enterprise
Serves		Addis Ababa
Location		Bole
Hub for		Ethiopian Airlines
Elevation AMSL		2,334 m / 7,656 ft
Coordinates		08°58′40″N 38°47′58″E
Map
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 (2010)
Passengers			3,780,928
Source: List of the busiest airports in Africa

Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (IATA: ADD, ICAO: 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. Bole International is also served by BMI, Daallo Airlines, Djibouti Airlines, Egypt Air, Emirates Airline, flyDubai, Gulf Air, Kenya Airways, KLM, Lufthansa, Saudi Arabian Airlines, Sudan Airways, Turkish Airlines and Yemen Airlines. Air Arabia, Arik Air, Etihad Airways, Oman Air, Qatar Airways and Royal Jordanian have announced plans of starting services to Addis Ababa in the near future. Previous operators like South African Airways, Air France, and Aeroflot has ceased operations.Bole International Airport has been viewed by many carriers as a gateway to Africa, thus making it a potential connecting airport to other parts of Africa via Ethiopian Airlines' vast African network. It is a hub for many local chartered flights. It is also one of the main pilot training and aircraft maintenance centers in Africa.

Bole International Airport is one of the busiest airports in Africa with 3,497,847 passengers recorded in 2009. To accommodate the growing traffic volume, Bole airport has become the third largest airport in Africa by area. By 2011, the airport had become the 3rd busiest airport in the Africa by cargo traffic, registering 2,420,997 tonnes. Taxi service from the airport to Addis Ababa is available. The airport is well known for its strict security checks before entering it. The airport is capable of accommodating the Airbus A380-800.

In 2003, a new international passenger terminal opened, one of the largest on the continent. This accompanied the completion of a new runway.The airport's runway, at 4,725 metres (15,502 ft), is one of the longest in Africa. It compares with OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, whose longest runway measures 4,418 metres (14,495 ft). It has over 100 flights registered for takeoffs and landings on a single day making it one of the busiest and fastest growing airports in Africa and poised to overtake leading airports in the future.The runway after completion will be used by both the civilian airport and the Ethiopian Air Force whose new base will be situated on the southern side of the runway. Vast cargo, hangar and hotel construction expansion is underway by renowned Chinese state-owned companies.

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

The airport has two terminals with a total of 11 gates. Terminal 1 has 4 gates and Terminal 2 has 7 gates. Terminal 1 serves Domestic flights and regional international destination such as East African cities and Sanaa and Terminal 2 serves International flights. Another Terminal 3 has been proposed for construction to accommodate the fast growing number of international carriers. Vast expansion of the runway, terminals and hangars are under construction by Chinese companies. When the full expansion is completed by 2011, the airport will have three terminals and three concourses, two cargo mega terminals, an airport free zone, an expo centre with three large exhibition halls, a major aircraft maintenance hub and a flower center to handle perishable goods as well as five star hotel to accommodate transit passengers. The baggage handling system - largest system and also the deepest in Africa - has a capacity to handle 8,000 bags per hour.

Terminal 2 at dusk

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations	Terminal
BMI	Beirut, London-Heathrow	2
EgyptAir	Cairo	2
Emirates	Dubai, Entebbe	2
Ethiopian Airlines	Arba Minch, Asosa, Axum, Bahar Dar, Bujumbura, Dar Es Salaam, Djibouti, Dire Dawa, Entebbe, Gambella, Gode, Gondar, Humera, Jijiga, Jimma, Juba, Kabri Dar, Khartoum, Kigali, Kilimanjaro, Lalibela, Mek'ele, Malakal, Mombasa, Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta Shilavo, Shire, Zanzibar	1
Ethiopian Airlines	Abidjan, Abuja, Accra, Bahrain, Bamako, Bangui, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beijing-Capital, Beirut, Brazzaville, Brussels, Cairo, Dakar, Delhi, Douala, Dubai, Frankfurt, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Harare, Hong Kong, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Kinshasa-N'djili, Kuwait, Lagos, Libreville, Lilongwe, Lomé, London-Heathrow, Luanda, Lubumbashi, Lusaka, Malabo, Maputo, Milan-Malpensa, Mumbai, Muscat, N'Djamena, Ouagadougou, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Pointe-Noire, Rome-Fiumicino, Riyadh, Stockholm-Arlanda, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion, Washington-Dulles	2
Flydubai	Dubai	2
Gulf Air	Bahrain	2
Kenya Airways	Djibouti, Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta	2
KLM	Amsterdam, Khartoum	2
Lufthansa	Frankfurt	2
Saudi Arabian Airlines	Jeddah	2
Sudan Airways	Khartoum	1
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul-Atatürk	2
Yemenia	Sana'a	1

Cargo airlines

Airlines	Destinations
EgyptAir Cargo	Cairo
Etihad Crystal Cargo	Abu Dhabi
Ethiopian Airlines Cargo	Khartoum, N'Djamena, Accra, Lagos, Pointe-Noire, Bujumbura, Brazzaville, Kinshasa, Luanda, Kigali, Entebbe, Johannesburg, Dar es Salaam, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Dubai, Jeddah, Hong Kong, Liège, Luxembourg, Brescia
Korean Air Cargo	Delhi, Jeddah, Seoul-Incheon
Royal Air Maroc Cargo	Casablanca, Libreville
Saudi Arabian Airlines Cargo	Jeddah, Riyadh, Sana'a
Turkish Airlines Cargo	Istanbul-Ataturk

Accidents and incidents

• 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.

See also

• List of the busiest airports in Africa by passenger traffic

External links

• Airport information for HAAB at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.