Gode Airport

Gode Airport
IATA: GDE – ICAO: HAGO
GDE
Location of airport in Ethiopia
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Gode
Location Gode, Ethiopia
Elevation AMSL 830 ft / 254 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4/22 7,500 2,280 various materials
Source: DAFIF database

Gode Airport (also known as Gode Iddiole Airport) is an airport in Gode, Ethiopia (IATA: GDE). Located at an elevation of 254 meters above sea level, this airport has one runway made of a variety of materials 2288 meters long by 35 wide.[1]

Construction of the airport began in 1965 by the Swedish construction firm Skanska, and was formally inaugurated by Emperor Haile Selassie on 10 June 1966. Although originally a military air base, Gode Airport was afterwards also used for civil flights.[2]

Scheduled services

Airlines Destinations
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa, Jijiga

References

  1. ^ Figures are from the last publicly-accessible version of the DAFIF database.
  2. ^ "Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 21 November 2007)

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