Humera Airport

Airport in Humera, & Tigray Region, Ethiopia

HAHU

Location in Ethiopia (specifically in Tigray which is highlighted in red)

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
13/31	3,000	9,843	Asphalt

Source:^[1]^[2]^[3]

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Humera Airport (IATA: HUE, ICAO: HAHU)^[2] is a public airport serving Humera,^[1] 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°49′49″N 036°52′54″E / 13.83028°N 36.88167°E / 13.83028; 36.88167 (Humera Airport (new)),^[4] which is 59 km (37 miles) southeast^[5] of Humera (14°18′N 036°37′E / 14.300°N 36.617°E / 14.300; 36.617 (Humera, Ethiopia)). 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^[1] (about 16 million U.S. dollars based on the July 2009 exchange rates).^[6]

Tigray War

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.^[7] As of 23 November 2020, Humera town itself was run by Amhara regional administrative and military forces.^[8]

Facilities

Humera Airport has one runway, which measures 3,000 by 45 metres (9,843 ft × 148 ft).^[1]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Ethiopian Airlines^[9]	Mek'ele

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Ethiopia inaugurates international airport at Humera". Ethiopian News Agency. 27 July 2009.
^ ^a ^b Accident history for Humera, Ethiopia (HUE / HAHU) at Aviation Safety Network
^ Google Maps - Humera
^ "Coordinates for Humera Airstrip (13°49'49"N 36°52'54"E)". Wikimapia. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
^ "Distance and heading from Humera (14°18'N 36°37'E) to Humera Airport (14°49'49"N 36°52'54"E)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
^ "Historical Ethiopian Birr exchange rates for 7/8/2009". exchange-rates.org. Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
^ "Ethiopian military seizes airport as fighting rages in Tigray". AlJazeera.
^ "Inside Humera, a town scarred by Ethiopia's war". Al Jazeera English. 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
^ "Domestic route map". Ethiopian Airlines. Archived from the original on 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2012-08-27.