Humera Airport

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
IATA: HUE ICAO: HAHU
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority
Operator	Ethiopian Airports Enterprise
Serves	Humera, Ethiopia
Coordinates	13°49′49″N 036°52′54″E
Map
HAHU Location in Ethiopia (amara region 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 July 2009 exchange rates).[6]

On Nov 10th, 2020, the Ethiopian military took control of the airport, amid a conflict in the northern Tigray region. [7]

Facilities

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

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Ethiopian Airlines[8]	Mek'ele

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.
7. "Ethiopian military seizes airport as fighting rages in Tigray". AlJazeera.
8. "Domestic route map". Ethiopian Airlines.