Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 2,108 m / 6,916 ft 2,400 7,874 Code AXU | 16/34 2,400 Address Aksum, Ethiopia Phone +251 34 442 0237 | |
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Operator Ethiopian Airports Enterprise Similar Sabean Internatio Hotel, Remhai Hotel, Yeha Hotel, Exodus Hotel, Axum University Main Ca | ||
Axum Airport (IATA: AXU, ICAO: HAAX), also known as Emperor Yohannes IV Airport, is an airport serving Axum, a city in the northern Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The name of the city and airport may also be transliterated as Aksum. The facility is located 5.5 km (3.4 miles) to the east of the city.
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The airport is named after Yohannes IV, the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1872 to 1889.
Facilities
Axum Airport resides at an elevation of 2,108 metres (6,916 ft) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34, with an asphalt concrete surface measuring 2,400 by 45 metres (7,874 ft × 148 ft). It is capable of receiving very large aircraft, such as the Antonov 124, which brought the Axum Obelisk back from Italy in 2005.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service:
Incidents
On 2 May 1987, Douglas C-47A ET-AGT of Ethiopian Airlines was destroyed on the ground in an attack on the airport by Ethiopian Air Force MiG-23s.