Lideta Army Airport
| Lideta Airport | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
_AN0457032.jpg) Aerial view of the Lideta airport in Addis Ababa. | |||||||||||
| IATA: none – ICAO: HAAL | |||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Location | Addis Ababa | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 7,749 ft / 2,362 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 9°00′13″N 38°43′34″E / 9.00361°N 38.72611°ECoordinates: 9°00′13″N 38°43′34″E / 9.00361°N 38.72611°E | ||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||
  HAAL Location in Ethiopia | |||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
|
Sources: World Aero Data[1] | |||||||||||
Lideta Airport (ICAO: HAAL) is a military airport located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Accidents and incidents
- 5 September 1961: An Ethiopian Air Lines Douglas C-47A, registration ET-T-16, crashed south of Sendafa, shortly after takeoff from Lideta, following a propeller malfunction. Five of 19 occupants of the aircraft perished in the accident. The aircraft was due to operate a domestic non-scheduled Addis Ababa-Asmara passenger service.[2]
- 30 November 1963: An Ethiopian Air Lines Douglas C-47A, tail number ET-AAT, banked to the left on the takeoff run and swerved off the runway. There were no reported fatalities, but the aircraft was written off.[3]
See also
- Ethiopia portal
- Aviation portal
- List of airports in Ethiopia
References
- ↑ Airport information for HAAL at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- ↑ Accident description for ET-T-16 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 23 March 2012.
- ↑ Accident description for ET-AAT at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 22 March 2012.
External links
- Airport information for Lideta Airport at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, May 09, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.