Jijiga Airport
Jijiga's original airfield is located northwest of the city center at 09°21′38″N 42°47′16″E / 9.36056°N 42.78778°E.
History
The first airfield at Jijiga was constructed in 1929. An airplane crash at Jijiga in July 1930 involved the eighth or ninth aircraft introduced to Ethiopia; it was the second airplane disaster in the country. The plane was a Fiat AS-1 with 85 hp engine, a training airplane bought in 1929. The first tests in air pilot training in Ethiopia were passed at the Garad Wilwal Airport by Mishka Babitcheff and Asfaw Ali on 1 and 4 September 1930.
By the 1990s, the Garad Wilwal Airport was one of 10 bases of the Ethiopian Air Force.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of 5,937 feet (1,810 m) above mean sea level. The airport's only runway, designated 03/21, has an asphalt surface and measures 2,400 by 45 metres (7,874 ft × 148 ft).
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa, Gode |
References
- ^ "Garaad Wiil-waal Airport". Ethiopian Airports Enterprise. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
- ^ Airport information for Jijiga, Ethiopia (HAJJ / JIJ) at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ Airport information for Wilwal International Airport at Transport Search website.
- ^ Powers, Lyall (2 November 2012). Alien Heart: The Life and Work of Margaret Laurence. Univ. of Manitoba Press. p. 127. ISBN 9780887553110.
- ^ "Local History in Ethiopia" (PDF). The Nordic Africa Institute. Retrieved 31 May 2008.
- ^ "Domestic Scheduled Services". Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "List of destinations & airlines from Jijiga Airport". FlightsFrom.com.
