| Malakal Airport | |||
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| IATA: MAK – ICAO: HSSM
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public, Civilian | ||
| Owner | Civil Aviation Authority of South Sudan | ||
| Serves | Malakal, South Sudan | ||
| Location | Malakal, South Sudan | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,291 ft / 393.5 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 05/23 | 6,562 | 2,000 | Asphalt |
Malakal Airport (IATA: MAK, ICAO: HSSM) is an airport in Malakal, South Sudan.
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Malakal Airport, (IATA: MAK, ICAO: HSSM), is located in Malakal County in Upper Nile State, in the city of Malakal, near the International border with the Republic of Sudan and the border with Ethiopia. The airport is located just north of the city's central business district, adjacent to the main campus of Upper Nile University.
This location lies approximately 521 kilometres (324 mi), by air, north of Juba International Airport, the largest airport in South Sudan.[1] The geographic coordinates of this airport are: 9° 33' 54.00"N, 31° 39' 36.00"E (Latitude: 9.5650; Longitude: 31.6600).
Malakal Airport sits at an elevation of 393.5 metres (1,291 ft) above sea level.[2] The airport has a single, unlit, asphalt runway, measuring 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) in length.[3]
Malakal Airport is the second-largest airport in South Sudan. It one of the two International airports in the country, the other being Juba International Airport, in the capital city of Juba, South Sudan. Malakal Airport serves the city of Malakal and the surrounding communities.
As part of the United Nation's Mission to Sudan (UNMIS), the airport was a major staging point for United Nation operations to South Sudan and will continue to do so under the new United Nation's Mission to South Sudan (UNMISS) mandate.[4]
The following airlines maintain scheduled service at Malakal Airport to the following destinations:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa, Juba |
| Feeder Airlines | Khartoum, Juba |
| Marsland Aviation | Khartoum |
| Southern Star Airlines | Juba |
| Sudan Airways | Khartoum |
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