Humera Airport

Humera Airport (IATA: HUE, ICAO: HAHU)[2] is a public airport serving Humera,[1] a town in the Tigray Region of northern Ethiopia. The name of the city and airport may also be transliterated as Himera or Himora.

Humera Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerEthiopian Civil Aviation Authority
OperatorEthiopian Airports Enterprise
ServesHumera, Ethiopia
Coordinates13°49′49″N 036°52′54″E
Map
HAHU
Location in Ethiopia (specifically in Tigray which is highlighted in red)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 3,000 9,843 Asphalt
Source:[1][2][3]

Humera Airport is located at 13°49′49″N 036°52′54″E,[4] which is 59 km (37 miles) southeast[5] of Humera (14°18′N 036°37′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 the July 2009 exchange rates).[6]

Tigray War

On 10 November 2020 during the Tigray War, the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) took over control of the airport from the Tigray Defense Forces.[7] As of 23 November 2020, Humera town itself was run by Amhara regional administrative and military forces.[8]

Facilities

Humera Airport has one runway, which measures 3,000 by 45 metres (9,843 ft × 148 ft).[1]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Ethiopian Airlines Mek'ele[9]

References
  1. "Ethiopia inaugurates international airport at Humera". Ethiopian News Agency. 27 July 2009.
  2. Accident history for Humera, Ethiopia (HUE / HAHU) at Aviation Safety Network
  3. Google Maps - Humera
  4. "Coordinates for Humera Airstrip (13°49'49"N 36°52'54"E)". Wikimapia. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  5. "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.
  6. "Historical Ethiopian Birr exchange rates for 7/8/2009". exchange-rates.org. Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
  7. "Ethiopian military seizes airport as fighting rages in Tigray". AlJazeera.
  8. "Inside Humera, a town scarred by Ethiopia's war". Al Jazeera English. 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  9. "Domestic route map". Ethiopian Airlines. Archived from the original on 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2012-08-27.


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