Hargeisa Airport
Hargeisa Egal International Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Somaliland Civil Aviation & Air Transport Ministry | ||||||||||
| Serves | Hargeisa | ||||||||||
| Location | Hargeisa, Somalia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,423 ft / 1,348 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 09°31′05.40″N 44°05′19.53″E / 9.5181667°N 44.0887583°E | ||||||||||
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Hargeisa Egal International Airport (IATA: HGA, ICAO: HCMH) (Template:Lang-so) is an international airport in the city of Hargeisa in Somaliland, a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized as an autonomous region of Somalia.[1] Hargeisa is Somalia's second largest city and Somaliland's capital and largest city.
Overview
Originally a small facility built during the colonial period, the former Hargeisa International Airport was expanded and modernized in the 1980s by the Siad Barre administration so as to accommodate larger aircraft and offer more flight destinations.[2]
During the events leading up to the Somali Civil War in the early 1990s, the airport's infrastructure was significantly damaged. However, the facility was gradually rehabilitated over the next several years.
The airport was later renamed to Egal International Airport after the veteran politician Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal. Egal served as Somalia's Prime Minister in the early 1960s during the country's post-independence civilian administration, before later becoming the Somaliland region's second President.
Airlines and destinations
As of 2012, the airport's routes are temporarily suspended as its runway undergoes renovations. Its scheduled destinations prior to the face-lift were as follows:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Daallo Airlines | Djibouti, Dubai, Mogadishu-Adde |
| Jubba Airways | Bosaso, Djibouti, Dubai, Galkayo, Mogadishu-Adde |
Accidents and incidents
| Date | Location | Aircraft | Tail number | Aircraft damage | Fatalities | Description | Refs |
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| 28 June 1989 |  Hargeisa
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Fokker F-27 | 6O-SAZ | W/O | 30/30 | A Somali Airlines Fokker F-27 bound for Mogadishu crashed approximately 10 minutes after taking off from Hargeisa International Airport. All 24 passengers and 6 crew died. | [3] |
See also
References
- ^ Somaliland’s Quest for International Recognition and the HBM-SSC Factor
- ^ Economist Intelligence Unit (Great Britain), Country report: Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, (The Unit: 1986), p.43.
- ^ ASN Aircraft accident Fokker F-27 Friendship 600RF 6O-SAZ Hargeisa:
External links
[[Airports in Somalia}}
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