Lalibela Airport

Lalibela Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorEthiopian Airports Enterprise
ServesLalibela, Ethiopia
Elevation AMSL1,958 m / 6,424 ft
Coordinates11°58′26″N 038°59′28″E / 11.97389°N 38.99111°E / 11.97389; 38.99111
Map
HALL is located in Ethiopia
HALL
HALL
Location in Ethiopia (Amhara region in red)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 2,400 7,874 Asphalt
Sources:[1][2][3]

Lalibela Airport (IATA: LLI, ICAO: HALL) is a public airport serving Lalibela,[2] a town in the Amhara Region of northern Ethiopia. The name of the town and airport may also be transliterated as Lalibella.[3] The airport is located 23 km (14 miles) southwest of the town.[1]

Facilities

The Lalibela Airport lies at an elevation of 1,958 metres (6,424 ft) above mean sea level.[2] It has one runway designated 10/28, with an asphalt surface measuring 2,400 by 53 metres (7,874 ft × 174 ft).[1][2]

The main runway was rebuilt in 1997, at a cost of 53 million birr.[4]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa, Axum, Bahir Dar, Gondar[5]

Airport and incidents

Ethiopian Civil War

On 14 March 1975, a Douglas C-47 ET-ABR of Ethiopian Airlines was destroyed on the ground during a clash with rebels.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Lalibela Airport". Ethiopian Airports Enterprise. Archived from the original on November 23, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d Airport information for HALL[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  3. ^ a b Airport information for LLI at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  4. ^ "Monthly Situation Report for Ethiopia". UNDP Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia (UNDP-EUE). August 1997. Retrieved 20 January 2009.
  5. ^ "Domestic Route Map". Ethiopian Airlines.
  6. ^ "ET-ABR Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 20 August 2010.