K50 Airport

K50 Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Mogadishu
Location Lower Shebelle, Somalia
Elevation AMSL 100 ft / 30 m
Coordinates 01°59.927′N 044°58.884′E / 1.998783°N 44.981400°ECoordinates: 01°59.927′N 044°58.884′E / 1.998783°N 44.981400°E
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K50 Airport

Location of airport in Somalia

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04/22 1,850 6,070 Sand
Sources: [1]

K50 Airport, also known as the Km N° 50 Airport, is a commercial airport in the southern Lower Shebelle region in Somalia.[1][2]

Overview

Its name is derived from its location, about 50 kilometres west of Mogadishu.[2] In the late 2000s, K50 served as Mogadishu's main airport while Aden Adde International Airport briefly shut down due to the ongoing War in Somalia.[2] Daallo Airlines operated routes to and from K50 at one time.[2]

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 100 feet (30 m) above mean sea level.[1] It has one runway designated 04/22 with a compacted sand surface measuring 1,850 by 20 metres (6,070 ft × 66 ft).[1]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service:

Airlines Destinations
United Nations Humanitarian Air Service Addis Ababa, Nairobi-Kenyatta

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "K50" (PDF). Operation Somalia: Airfield Specifications. Logistics Cluster. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Schmitz, Sebastain (2007). "By Ilyushin 18 to Mogadishu". Airways 14 (7): pp. 12–17. ISSN 1074-4320.

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