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| Berbera Airport |
| IATA: BBO – ICAO: HCMI |
| Summary |
| Airport type |
Public & Military Joint |
| Location |
Berbera |
| Elevation AMSL |
30 ft / 7 m |
| Coordinates |
10°23′21″N 44°56′27.98″E / 10.38917°N 44.9411056°E / 10.38917; 44.9411056Coordinates: 10°23′21″N 44°56′27.98″E / 10.38917°N 44.9411056°E / 10.38917; 44.9411056 |
| Runways |
| Direction |
Length |
Surface |
| ft |
m |
| 05/23 |
13,582 |
4,140 |
Paved Asphalt
(no ILS) |
Berbera Airport is an airport in Berbera, Somaliland (IATA: BBO, ICAO: HCMI). The airport has a 4,140m (13,582ft) runway, one of the longest in Africa. The runway was built by the Soviet Union (USSR) in the mid-1970s in order to counter the United States military presence in the region. It was used as an emergency landing site for the Space Shuttle from 1970 until 1991 when the government fell.
Scheduled services
| Airlines |
Destinations |
| African Express Airways |
Aden, Dubai, Mogadishu, Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta, Sharjah |
| Daallo Airlines |
Mogadishu, Djibouti |
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| General Info
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| Country |
Somalia
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| ICAO ID |
HCMI
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| Time |
UTC+3
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| Latitude |
10.389167
10° 23' 21.00" N
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| Longitude |
44.941106
044° 56' 27.98" E
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| Elevation |
30 feet
9 meters
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| Magnetic Variation |
001° E (01/06)
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| Operating Agency |
CIVIL GOVERNMENT, (LANDING FEES AND DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCE MAY BE REQUIRED)
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| Operating Hours |
UNKNOWN
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| Communications
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AFIS
Opr 0330-1430Z.
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123.9
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| Runways
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| ID |
Dimensions |
Surface |
PCN |
ILS
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| 05/23 |
13582 x 164 feet
4140 x 50 meters |
ASPHALT |
- |
NO
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| Supplies/Equipment
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| Fuel |
Unknown fuel type or whether there is any fuel.
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| Remarks
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| CAUTION |
Bird haz.
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| CSTMS/IMG |
Avbl.
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