Dire Dawa Airport
Dire Dawa International Airport (IATA: DIR, ICAO: HADR), is an international airport serving Dire Dawa, a city in eastern Ethiopia. It is located 5 km (3 miles) northwest of the city centre.
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).
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa, Djibouti, Gode |
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.
- 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.
References
- ^ Airport information for HADR from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ^ Airport information for DIR at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ "Dire Dawa International Airport". Ethiopian Airports Enterprise. Archived from the original on 15 August 2011.
- ^ "Domestic Scheduled Services". Ethiopian Airlines.
- ^ "ET-AGX Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
- ^ Hradecky, Simon. "Incident: Ethiopian B737 at Dire Dawa on Jan 9th 2020, swarm of grasshoppers". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
