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Axum Airport

Axum Airport (Tigrinya: ኣኽሱም ዮሃንስ ራብዓይ መዕረፍ ነፈርቲ) (IATA: AXU, ICAO: HAAX), also known as Emperor Yohannes IV Airport, is an airport serving Axum, a city in the northern Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The name of the city and airport may also be transliterated as Aksum. The facility is located 5.5 km (3.4 miles) to the east of the city.

The airport is named after Yohannes IV, the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1872 to 1889.

Axum Emperor Yohannes IV Airport
ኣኽሱም ዮሃንስ ራብዓይ መዕረፍ ነፈርቲ
Axum Airport Stehmann-1.jpg
  • IATA: AXU
  • ICAO: HAAX
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority
Operator Ethiopian Airports Enterprise
Serves Axum, Ethiopia
Elevation AMSL 2,108 m / 6,916 ft
Coordinates 14°08′13″N
038°46′34″E
Map
HAAX is located in Ethiopia

HAAX
Location in Ethiopia (Tigray region in red)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16/34 2,400 7,874 Asphalt concrete

Facilities

Axum Airport resides at an elevation of 2,108 metres (6,916 ft) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34, with an asphalt concrete surface measuring 2,400 by 45 metres (7,874 ft × 148 ft). It is capable of receiving very large aircraft, such as the Antonov 124, which brought the Axum Obelisk back from Italy in 2005.

Axum Airport

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa, Gondar, Lalibela, Mek’ele

Incidents

On 2 May 1987, 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.



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General Info
Country Ethiopia
ICAO ID HAAX
Time UTC+3
Latitude 14.146750
14° 08' 48.30" N
Longitude 38.772833
038° 46' 22.20" E
Elevation 6915 feet
2108 meters
Magnetic Variation 002° E (01/06)
Operating Agency CIVIL GOVERNMENT, (LANDING FEES AND DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCE MAY BE REQUIRED)
Operating Hours SEE REMARKS FOR OPERATING HOURS OR COMMUNICATIONS FOR POSSIBLE HOURS


Communications
TWR 118.3


Runways
ID Dimensions Surface PCN ILS
16/34 7874 x 148 feet
2400 x 45 meters
ASPHALT 050FCXT NO


Navaids
Type ID Name Channel Freq Distance From Field Bearing From Navaid
NDB AX AXUM - 440 At Field -


Remarks
OPR HOURS Opr 0400-1500Z.



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