Shatigadud International Airport | |
Nativename: | Garoonka Caalamiga Diyaaradaha ee Shatigadud |
Iata: | BIB |
Icao: | HCMB |
City-Served: | Baidoa |
Location: | Bay, Somalia |
Elevation-F: | 1,505 |
Coordinates: | 3.0927°N 80.07°W |
Pushpin Map: | Somalia |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 180 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Somalia |
Pushpin Label: | BIB |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
R1-Number: | 04/22 |
R1-Length-M: | 2940 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Footnotes: | Sources:[1] |
Built: | 1960s |
Shatigadud International Airport Baidoa Somalia is an airport serving Baidoa, the capital city of the Bay region in Somalia.
The airport was built in the 1960s, and at the time was 8,800 feet long and 150 feet wide, before being resurfaced with asphalt and lengthened to 9,600 feet in 1974 with Soviet support.[2] [3]
By June 1975 it was home to a squadron of at least 6 Somali Air Force Mig-21's, and 2 Il-28 bombers.[4]
The airport resides at an elevation of 1505feet above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 04/22 with an asphalt surface measuring 2940mx40mm (9,650feetx130feetm) . The airport houses a large military compound built in 2014.