Aba Tenna Dejazmach Yilma International Airport
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Aba Tenna Dejazmach Yilma International Airport (Ge'ez
: አባ ጤና ደጃዝማች ይልማ ድፍን ዓለም የአየር ማረፊያ ābbā ṭēnā dejāzmāč yilmā difin ʿālem ye-āyyer mārefīyā) is an airport in Dire Dawa
, Ethiopia
. Located at an elevation of 1167 meters above sea level, this airport has one asphalt runway 2679 meters long by 45 wide.
was written off when the port undercarriage collapsed on landing.
Ge'ez alphabet
Ge'ez , also called Ethiopic, is a script used as an abugida for several languages of Ethiopia and Eritrea but originated in an abjad used to write Ge'ez, now the liturgical language of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Church...
: አባ ጤና ደጃዝማች ይልማ ድፍን ዓለም የአየር ማረፊያ ābbā ṭēnā dejāzmāč yilmā difin ʿālem ye-āyyer mārefīyā) is an airport in Dire Dawa
Dire Dawa
Dire Dawa is one of two chartered cities in Ethiopia . This chartered city is divided administratively into two woredas, the city proper and the non-urban woreda of Gurgura....
, Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
. Located at an elevation of 1167 meters above sea level, this airport has one asphalt runway 2679 meters long by 45 wide.
Scheduled services
Accidents and incidents
On 27 August 1981, Douglas C-47B ET-AGX of RRC Air ServicesUnited Nations
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was written off when the port undercarriage collapsed on landing.