Baidoa Airport Explained

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]

Facilities

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.

References

  1. Web site: BAIDOA . PDF . Operation Somalia: Airfield Specifications . Logistics Cluster . 23 September 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131103074644/http://www.logcluster.org/ops/som/air-transport/airfield-specifications/Baidoa%20without%20FC.pdf . 3 November 2013 .
  2. News: 1 March 1966 . NEW AND CHANGE TARGETS MISSION . 18 . . 4 March 2022.
  3. News: 1 January 1974 . AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION IN SOMALIA . 3 . . 4 March 2022.
  4. News: 1 June 1975 . MILITARY/ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA APRIL-JUNE 1975 . 6 . . 4 March 2022.

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