Dire Dawa Airport

Dire Dawa International Airport

ድሬ ዳዋ ዓለም አቀፍ አየር ማረፊያ
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OperatorEthiopian Airports Enterprise
ServesDire Dawa, Ethiopia
Elevation AMSL3,829 ft / 1,167 m
Coordinates09°37′28″N 041°51′15″E / 9.62444°N 41.85417°E / 9.62444; 41.85417
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HADR is located in Ethiopia
HADR
HADR
Location of airport in Ethiopia
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
15/33 2,679 8,791 Asphalt
Sources:[1][2]

Dire Dawa International Airport (IATA: DIR, ICAO: HADR),[3] is an international airport serving Dire Dawa, a city in eastern Ethiopia. It is located 5 km (3 miles) northwest of the city centre.[3]

Facilities

The airport is located at an elevation of 3,829 feet (1,167 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 15/33, with an asphalt surface measuring 2,679 by 45 metres (8,789 ft × 148 ft).[1]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Ethiopian AirlinesAddis Ababa, Djibouti, Gode[4]

Accidents and incidents

  • On 27 August 1981, Douglas C-47B ET-AGX of RRC Air Services was written off when the port undercarriage collapsed on landing.[5]
  • On 9 January 2020, an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-700 registered ET-ALN operating flight ET363 was on approach to the airport, but flew through a swarm of desert locusts that obscured visibility from the cockpit. The crew depressurized the aircraft and manually cleaned the windscreens before attempting a second approach, but were faced with the same problem. After a second depressurization and manual cleaning, the flight diverted to Addis Ababa, its origin airport.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Airport information for HADR[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. ^ Airport information for DIR at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. ^ a b "Dire Dawa International Airport". Ethiopian Airports Enterprise. Archived from the original on 15 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Domestic Scheduled Services". Ethiopian Airlines.
  5. ^ "ET-AGX Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
  6. ^ Hradecky, Simon. "Incident: Ethiopian B737 at Dire Dawa on Jan 9th 2020, swarm of grasshoppers". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 17 January 2020.