Gondar Airport Explained

Gondar Atse Tewodros Airport
Nativename:የጎንደር ዓፄ ቴዎድሮስ የአየር ማረፊያ
Iata:GDQ
Icao:HAGN
Type:Public
Operator:Ethiopian Airports Enterprise
City-Served:Gondar, Ethiopia
Metric-Elev:y
Elevation-M:1,994
Coordinates:12.5197°N 37.4339°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:HAGN
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Mark:Steel_pog.svg
Pushpin Marksize:11
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:17/35
R1-Length-M:2,700
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Footnotes:Sources:[1]

Gondar Airport, also known as Atse Tewodros Airport, is a public airport serving Gondar, a city in the northern Amhara Region of Ethiopia. The name of the city and airport may also be transliterated as Gonder. The airport is located 18km (11miles) south of Gondar.[2] The airport is named after the 19th century Emperor of Ethiopia (Atse) Tewodros II.

Facilities

Gondar airport resides at an elevation of 1994m (6,542feet) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35, with an asphalt surface measuring 2700mx45mm (8,900feetx148feetm).

Notes and References

  1. from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. Web site: Gondar Atse Tewodros Airport . Ethiopian Airports Enterprise . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203112208/http://www.ethiopianairports.com/GonderAirport.aspx . 3 December 2013 . 21 July 2012 . dead .