Axum Airport

Axum Airport (Tigrinya:ኣኽሱም ዮሃንስ ራብዓይ መዕረፍ ነፈርቲ) (IATA:AXU,ICAO:HAAX), also known asEmperor Yohannes IV Airport,^[1] is a publicairport servingAxum,^[2] a city in the northernTigray Region ofEthiopia. The name of the city and airport may also betransliterated asAksum. The facility is located 5.5 km (3.4 miles) to the east of the city.^[1]

Axum Emperor Yohannes IV Airport

ኣኽሱም ዮሃንስ ራብዓይ መዕረፍ ነፈርቲ

IATA:AXU
ICAO:HAAX

Summary

Airport type

Public

Owner

Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority

Operator

Ethiopian Airports Enterprise

Serves

Axum,Ethiopia

Elevation AMSL

2,108 m / 6,916 ft

Coordinates

14°08′13″N038°46′34″E / 14.13694°N 38.77611°E /14.13694; 38.77611

Map

HAAX

Location in Ethiopia (Tigray region in red)

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
16/34	2,400	7,874	Asphalt concrete

Sources:^[1]^[2]^[3]

The airport is named afterYohannes IV, theEmperor of Ethiopia from 1872 to 1889.

The airport was heavily damaged byTigray People's Liberation Front forces during theTigray conflict in November 2020.^[4]

Facilities

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Axum Airport lies at anelevation of 2,108 metres (6,916 ft) abovemean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34, with anasphalt concrete surface measuring 2,400 by 45 metres (7,874 ft × 148 ft).^[1] It is capable of receiving very large aircraft, such as theAntonov 124, which brought theAxum Obelisk back from Italy in 2005.

Airlines and destinations

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Airlines	Destinations
Ethiopian Airlines^[5]	Addis Ababa,Gondar,Lalibela,Mek'ele

Incidents

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On 2 May 1988, aDouglas C-47A ET-AGT of Ethiopian Airlines was destroyed on the ground in an attack on the airport byEthiopian Air Force MiG-23s during theEthiopian Civil War.^[6]