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Mogadishu International Airport

Aden Adde International Airport
Garoonka Caalamiga Ee Aadan Cadde
مطار آدم عدي الدولي
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Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Mogadishu, Somalia
Hub for Jubba Airways, Somali Airlines
Elevation AMSL 29 ft / 9 m
Coordinates 02°00′49″N 045°18′17″E / 2.01361°N 45.30472°E / 2.01361; 45.30472Coordinates: 02°00′49″N 045°18′17″E / 2.01361°N 45.30472°E / 2.01361; 45.30472
Website mogadishuairport.com
Map
MGQ is located in Somalia
MGQ
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Location of airport in Somalia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
05/23 10,895 3,590 Asphalt

Aden Adde International Airport (Somali: Garoonka Caalamiga Ee Aadan Cadde, Arabic: مطار آدم عدي الدولي‎‎) (IATA: MGQICAO: HCMM), Aden Abdulle International Airport, formerly known as Mogadishu International Airport, is an international airport serving Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. It is named after Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, the first President of Somalia.

Originally a modest-sized airport, the facility grew considerably in size in the post-independence period after numerous successive renovation projects. With the outbreak of the civil war in 1991, Aden Adde International's flight services experienced routine disruptions. However, with the security situation in Mogadishu greatly improved in the late 2010–2011 period, large-scale rehabilitation of the grounds' infrastructure and services once again resumed. By early 2013, the airport had restored most of its facilities and introduced several new features, with further upgrades in the works.

Mogadishu airport was established in 1928 with the name Petrella-Mogadiscio aeroporto, the first such facility to be opened in the Horn of Africa. It served as the main military airport for Italian Somaliland. In the mid-1930s, the airport began offering civilian and commercial flights. A regular Asmara-Assab-Mogadishu commercial route was started in 1935, with an Ala Littoria Caproni 133 providing 13-hour flights from the Mogadishu airport to Italian Eritrea. The aircraft had a maximal capacity of 18 passengers, which at the time was a record.


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