Humera Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority | ||||||||||
| Operator | Ethiopian Airports Enterprise | ||||||||||
| Serves | Humera, Ethiopia | ||||||||||
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  HAHU Location in Ethiopia (Tigray region in red) | |||||||||||
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Humera Airport (IATA: HUE, ICAO: HAHU)[2] is an airport serving Humera,[1] a town in the northwestern Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The name of the city and airport may also be transliterated as Himera or Himora.
Humera Airport is located at 13°49′49″N 036°52′54″E / 13.83028°N 36.88167°E,[4] which is 59 km (37 miles) southeast[5] of Humera (14°18′N 036°37′E / 14.300°N 36.617°E).
Humera's current airport opened in July 2009. It was constructed by the Ethiopian Airports Enterprise over a three-year period, at a cost of over 182 million birr[1] (about 16 million U.S. dollars based on July 2009 exchange rates).[6]
Facilities
Humera Airport has one runway, which measures 3,000 by 45 metres (9,843 ft × 148 ft).[1]
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Ethiopian Airlines[7] | Mek'ele |
References
- ^ a b c d "Ethiopia inaugurates international airport at Humera". Ethiopian News Agency. 27 July 2009.
- ^ a b Accident history for Humera, Ethiopia (HUE / HAHU) at Aviation Safety Network
- ^ Google Maps - Humera
- ^ "Coordinates for Humera Airstrip (13°49'49"N 36°52'54"E)". Wikimapia. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
- ^ "Distance and heading from Humera (14°18'N 36°37'E) to Humera Airport (14°49'49"N 36°52'54"E)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
- ^ "Historical Ethiopian Birr exchange rates for 7/8/2009". exchange-rates.org.
- ^ "Domestic route map". Ethiopian Airlines.
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