Gambela Airport Explained

Gambela Airport
Iata:GMB
Icao:HAGM
Type:Public
Operator:Ethiopian Airports Enterprise
City-Served:Gambela, Ethiopia
Elevation-F:1,771
Elevation-M:540
Coordinates:8.1286°N 34.5631°W
Pushpin Map:Ethiopia
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ethiopia (Gambela region in red)
Pushpin Image:Gambela in Ethiopia.svg
Pushpin Label:HAGM
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Mark:Steel_pog.svg
Pushpin Marksize:11
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:18/36
R1-Length-M:2,514
R1-Length-F:8,248
R1-Surface:Concrete
Footnotes:Sources:[1]

Gambela Airport is a public airport serving Gambela, the capital city of the Gambela Region in western Ethiopia. The name of the city and airport may also be transliterated as Gambella. The airport is located 17km (11miles)[2] south of the city. It also serves the Gambela National Park, which is Ethiopia's largest national park.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 1771feet above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with a concrete surface measuring 2514mx45mm (8,248feetx148feetm).

References

  1. from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. Web site: Gambella Airport . Ethiopian Airports Enterprise . https://web.archive.org/web/20120205130900/http://www.ethiopianairports.com/GambellaAirport.aspx . 5 February 2012 . dead .