Bahir Dar Airport Explained

Bahir Dar Dejazmach Belay Zeleke Airport
Nativename:ደጃዝማች በላይ ዘለቀ አየር ማረፊያ
Iata:BJR
Icao:HABD
Type:Public
Operator:Ethiopian Airports Enterprise
City-Served:Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Elevation-F:5,976
Elevation-M:1,821
Coordinates:11.6081°N 37.3214°W
Pushpin Map:Ethiopia
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ethiopia (Amhara region in red)
Pushpin Image:Amhara in Ethiopia.svg
Pushpin Label:HABD
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mark:Steel_pog.svg
Pushpin Marksize:11
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:04/22
R1-Length-M:3,000
R1-Length-F:9,842
R1-Surface:Asphalt/Concrete
Footnotes:Sources:[1]

Bahir Dar Airport, also known as Dejazmach Belay Zeleke Airport, is a public airport serving Bahir Dar, the capital city of the Amhara Region in Ethiopia. The name of the city and airport may also be transliterated as Bahar Dar. Bahir Dar airport is located 8km (05miles) west of Bahir Dar, near Lake Tana.[2] The airport is also used by the Ethiopian Air Force.

Facilities

The Bahir Dar Airport sits at an elevation of 5976feet above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 04/22, with an asphalt concrete surface measuring 3000mx61mm (10,000feetx200feetm).

Incidents

On 11 January 1981, a Douglas C-47A ET-AGW of Ethiopian Airlines was damaged beyond repair when the port undercarriage collapsed on landing.[3]

On 15 September 1988, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 604 operated by Boeing 737-200 ET-AJA ingested pigeons into both engines shortly after takeoff. One engine lost thrust almost immediately and the second lost thrust during the emergency return to the airport. During the crash-landing, 35 of the 104 passengers were killed.

References

  1. from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. Web site: Bahar Dar Ginbot Haya International Airport . Ethiopian Airports Enterprise . https://web.archive.org/web/20120604174857/http://www.ethiopianairports.com/BahirDarAirPort.aspx . 4 June 2012 . bot: unknown .
  3. Web site: ET-AGW Accident description . Aviation Safety Network . 24 July 2010.