Beledweyne Airport
| Beledweyne Airport Ugas Khalif Airport | |||||||||||
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| IATA: none – ICAO: HCMN | |||||||||||
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| Serves | Beledweyne (Belet Uen) | ||||||||||
| Location | Hiran, Somalia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 559 ft / 170 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 04°45.57′N 045°13.98′E / 4.75950°N 45.23300°ECoordinates: 04°45.57′N 045°13.98′E / 4.75950°N 45.23300°E | ||||||||||
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  HCMN Location of airport in Somalia | |||||||||||
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Beledweyne Airport or Ugas Khalif Airport[3] (ICAO: HCMN) is an airport serving Beledweyne (also spelled Belet Uen or Beletweyn, Somali: Beletweeyne), the capital city of the Hiran region in Somalia.[1][2]
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of 559 feet (170 m) above mean sea level.[1][2] 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).[1]
As of February 2015, the Djibouti Defense Forces have refurbished the airstrip.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "BELETWEYN" (PDF). Operation Somalia: Airfield Specifications. Logistics Cluster. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Airport information for Belet Uen, Somalia (HCMN) at Great Circle Mapper.
- ↑ "Beledweyne airport open for commercial use: Ugas Khalif airport in Beledweyne has re-opened and is now ready for civilian use, UN-funded Radio Bar-Kulan reported Wednesday (June 20th)". Sabahi Online. June 21, 2012.
- ↑ "Chief of the Djibouti Defence Forces Major General Zakaria Sheikh arrives Beledweyn, Hiran". Goobjoog. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.