Hargeisa Egal International Airport
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Hargeisa Egal International Airport Madaarka Hargaysa ee Cigaal |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Somaliland Civil Aviation & Air Transport Ministry. | ||||||||||
| Serves | Hargeisa, Somaliland | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,423 ft / 1,348 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 09°31′06″N 044°05′20″E / 9.51833°N 44.08889°ECoordinates: 09°31′06″N 044°05′20″E / 9.51833°N 44.08889°E | ||||||||||
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Hargeisa Egal International Airport (IATA: HGA, ICAO: HCMH, (Somali: Madaarka Hargaysa ee Cigaal Arabic: مطار هرجيسا إيغال الدولية) is an airport in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, a de facto sovereign state currently recognised by no foreign country and claimed by Somalia as an autonomous region. Named after Somaliland's second president Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, the airport underwent major renovations in 2012–2013. In 2002 the airport handled 56,000 passengers & 2,300 tons of cargo on a total of 1,750 landings.
The airport was opened in 1954 by the British RAF, an expansion program was launched shortly afterwards and by 1958 a taxiway, parking area and terminal building had been built. The airport was then modernized in the 1980s by the Siad Barre administration so as to accommodate larger aircraft and offer more flight destinations.
During the events leading up to the Somali Civil War in the early 1990s, the airport's infrastructure was significantly damaged. However, the facility was gradually rehabilitated over the next several years.
The airport was later renamed to Egal Airport after the veteran politician Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal. Egal served as Somalia's Prime Minister in the early 1960s during the country's post-independence civilian administration, before later becoming the second President of Somaliland.
In 2012, the airport's routes were temporarily suspended as its runway underwent major renovations, funded by the Somaliland authorities, Kuwait Fund and USAID. The facility was later reopened on 17 August 2013, with enlarged arrival and departure terminals, as well as five new wind turbines. An installed wind data monitoring station will also assist in powering the airport.
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