Axum Airport
Axum Emperor Yohannes IV Airport ኣኽሱም ዮሃንስ ራብዓይ መዕረፍ ነፈርቲ | |||||||||||
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AMSL 2,108 m / 6,916 ft | | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 14°08′13″N 038°46′34″E / 14.13694°N 38.77611°E | ||||||||||
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  HAAX Location in Ethiopia (Tigray region in red) | |||||||||||
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Axum Airport (
transliterated as Aksum. The facility is located 5.5 km (3.4 miles) to the east of the city.[1]
The airport is named after Yohannes IV, the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1872 to 1889.
The airport was heavily damaged by
Tigray conflict in November 2020.[4]
Facilities
Axum Airport lies at an
Axum Obelisk
back from Italy in 2005.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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Incidents
On 2 May 1988, a
Douglas C-47A ET-AGT of Ethiopian Airlines was destroyed on the ground in an attack on the airport by Ethiopian Air Force MiG-23s during the Ethiopian Civil War.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d "Axum Emperor Yohanes IV Airport". Ethiopian Airports Enterprise. Archived from the original on 29 April 2012.
- ^ a b Airport information for HAAX[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ^ Airport information for AXU at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ "Tigray crisis: How the Ethiopian army and TPLF clashed over an airport". BBC News. 2020-11-26. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
- ^ "OAG Internet Timetable". OAG Aviation Worldwide Ltd. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ "ET-AGT Criminal Occurrence description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
External links
Media related to Axum Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Accident history for AXU at Aviation Safety Network
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