Asmara International Airport
| Asmara International Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: ASM – ICAO: HHAS | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Joint (Civil and Military) | ||
| Location | Asmara | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 7,661 ft / 2,335 m | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 07/25 | 9,842 | 3,000 | Asphalt |
| 12/30 | 5,951 | 1,814 | Asphalt |
Asmara International Airport, formerly known as Yohannes IV International Airport (IATA: ASM, ICAO: HHAS) is an airport in Asmara, the capital of Eritrea.
In 2004, the airport served 136,526 passengers (+11.8% vs. '03). Asmara Airport has severe capacity restrictions, due to its small terminal, short runway and 1.5 mile altitude. This means that large jet aircraft (like a A380, MD-11 or 747) cannot fly to the airport. Aircraft of this size need to use Massawa International Airport, on the Eritrean coast.
Ethiopian Airlines served this airport until 1998, when tensions between the two countries resulted in war.
Airlines and destinations
- EgyptAir (Cairo)
- Eritrean Airlines (Djibouti, Dubai, Frankfurt, Jeddah, Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino)
- Lufthansa (Frankfurt, Jeddah)
- Nasair (Assab, Khartoum, Massawa, Nairobi)
- Saudi Arabian Airlines (Jeddah)
- Yemenia (Sana'a)
External links
- World Aero Data airport information for HHAS
- Map from Multimap
- Satellite image from TerraServer
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