Assab International Airport
Assab International Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public/Military | ||||||||||
| Serves | Assab | ||||||||||
| Location | Eritrea | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 46 ft / 14 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 13°04′18″N 42°38′42″E / 13.07167°N 42.64500°E | ||||||||||
| Website | atozairports.com | ||||||||||
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  ASA Location of airport in Eritrea | |||||||||||
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Assab International Airport (IATA: ASA, ICAO: HHSB) is an international airport in Assab, the capital of the Southern Red Sea region of Eritrea.
Characteristics
It serves as a dual public and military facility. The airport has an 11,531 ft (3,515 m) asphalt runway. It currently receives no regular scheduled airline flights.
History
The airport was created during the colonial era of Italian Eritrea in the late 1930s, as a secondary airport of military support in the region.[1]
Damaged during WW2, actually it is used only for private and military flights.
In 2017 there it is a civilian weekly flight between Assab and Massawa international Airport. As of November 2018 Eritrean Airlines is planning to start routes to Asmara, and Addis Ababa
Airlines and Destinations
Passenger
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Eritrean Airlines | Addis Ababa,[2] Asmara |
Notes
- ^ "Assab airport photo". Archived from the original on 15 October 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
- ^ "Eritrean Airlines expands Addis Ababa service from mid-Nov 2018". routesonline. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
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