Humera Airport | |
Iata: | HUE |
Icao: | HAHU |
Type: | Public |
Owner: | Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority |
Operator: | Ethiopian Airports Enterprise |
City-Served: | Humera, Ethiopia |
Coordinates: | 13.8303°N 36.8817°W |
Pushpin Map: | Ethiopia |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ethiopia (specifically in Tigray which is highlighted in red) |
Pushpin Image: | Tigray in Ethiopia.svg |
Pushpin Mark: | Steel_pog.svg |
Pushpin Marksize: | 11 |
Pushpin Label: | HAHU |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
R1-Number: | 13/31 |
R1-Length-M: | 3000 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Footnotes: | Source:[1] |
Humera Airport is a public airport serving Humera, a town in the Tigray Region of northern Ethiopia. The name of the city and airport may also be transliterated as Himera or Himora.
Humera Airport is located at 13.8303°N 36.8817°W,[2] which is 59km (37miles) southeast[3] of Humera (14.3°N 73°W). Humera's current airport opened in July 2009. It was constructed by the Ethiopian Airports Enterprise over a three-year period, at a cost of over 182 million birr[4] (about 16 million U.S. dollars based on the July 2009 exchange rates).[5]
On 10 November 2020 during the Tigray War, the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) took over control of the airport from the Tigray Defense Forces.[6] As of 23 November 2020, Humera town itself was run by Amhara regional administrative and military forces.[7]
Humera Airport has one runway, which measures 3000mx45mm (10,000feetx148feetm).