Qardho Airport Explained

Qardho Airport
Nativename:Somali: Gegada Diyaaradaha Qardho
Iata:GSR
Icao:HCMG
Type:Public
Owner:Puntland Ministry for Civil Aviation and Airports
City-Served:Qardho, Somalia
Elevation-F:2632
Coordinates:9.5431°N 49.1178°W
Pushpin Map:Somalia
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Mapsize:180
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the airport in Somalia
Pushpin Label:HCMG
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:1
R1-Length-M:1600
Footnotes:Source:[1]

Qardho Airport, also known as Gardo Airport, is an airport in Qardho town in the northeastern Bari region of Somalia.

Overview

The airport sits at an elevation of 2632feet above mean sea level. It has a runway that is 1600m (5,200feet) long.

In late September 2013, Puntland Deputy Minister of Civil Aviation Abdiqani Gelle announced that the authorities in Somalia's autonomous Puntland region would carry out major renovations at the Qardho Airport, as well as at the Garowe International Airport in Garowe and the Abdullahi Yusuf International Airport in Galkayo. A tender process for a similar upgrade initiative was concurrently launched at the Bender Qassim International Airport in Bosaso.[2]

See also

Notes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GSR - Airport. Great Circle Mapper. 3 October 2013.
  2. News: Somalia: 20 companies compete for Bossaso Airport runway bid. 2 October 2013. Garowe Online. 30 September 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215237/http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_20_companies_compete_for_Bossaso_Airport_runway_bid_printer.shtml. 4 October 2013.