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Beledweyne Airport

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Location
  
Hiran, Somalia

04/22
  
2,000

6,562
  
Rock/Sand

Elevation AMSL
  
559 ft / 170 m

2,000
  
6,562

Beledweyne Airport

Serves
  
Beledweyne (baladwayne) (Belet Uen)

Beledweyne Airport or Duqow Ahmed Fiidow (ICAO: HCMN) is an airport serving Beledweyne (also spelled Belet Uen or Beletweyn, Somali: Beletweeyne), the capital city of the Hiran region in Somalia.

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Facilities

  • The airport resides at an elevation of 559 feet (170 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 04/22 with a crushed rock and packed sand surface measuring 2,000 by 20 metres (6,562 ft × 66 ft).
  • As of February 2015, the Djibouti Defense Forces have refurbished the airstrip. The Beledweyne municipality also launched a project to further develop the airport in May of the year.

    • Airlines and destinations

    The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service:

    Airport destination list

    | Jubba Airways | Somali Airlines | Daalo Airlines | *MGQ - Aden Adde International Airport Mogadishu, Somalia *HGA - Egal Airport Hargaisa, somalia *BSA - Bosaso Airport *KMU - Kismayu Airport

    State of Beledwayne's demographics/population

  • Beledweyne has a population of around 67,200 inhabitants.[7] The broader Beledweyne District has a total population of 144,345 residents, with the Hawadle subclan of Hawiye well represented [8]

    • Districts and Towns

  • kooshin
  • howlwadaag
  • xaawotaako
  • Raadeer
  • Buundoweyn
  • Janta Kundisho
  • Daraawiishta

    • References

    Beledweyne Airport Wikipedia
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