Axum Airport
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Axum Airport is an airport in Axum
, Ethiopia
. Located at an elevation of 2108 meters above sea level, this airport has one asphalt runway 2400 meters long by 45 wide. It is capable of receiving very large aircraft, such as the Antonov 124 which brought the Axum Obelisk back from Italy in 2005.
Axum
Axum or Aksum is a city in northern Ethiopia which was the original capital of the eponymous kingdom of Axum. Population 56,500 . Axum was a naval and trading power that ruled the region from ca. 400 BC into the 10th century...
, 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 2108 meters above sea level, this airport has one asphalt runway 2400 meters long by 45 wide. It is capable of receiving very large aircraft, such as the Antonov 124 which brought the Axum Obelisk back from Italy in 2005.
Scheduled services
Accidents and incidents
- On 2 May 1987, Douglas C-47A ET-AGT of Ethiopian AirlinesEthiopian AirlinesEthiopian Airlines , formerly Ethiopian Air Lines, often referred to as simply Ethiopian, is an airline headquartered on the grounds of Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It serves as the country's flag carrier, and is wholly owned by the Government of Ethiopia...
was destroyed on the ground in an attack on the airport by Ethiopian Air ForceEthiopian Air ForceThe Ethiopian Air Force is the air arm of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces and is tasked with protecting the air space, providing support to the ground forces as well as assisting during national emergencies.- Early years :...
MiG-23sMikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 is a variable-geometry fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union. It is considered to belong to the Soviet third generation jet fighter category, along with similarly aged Soviet fighters such as the MiG-25 "Foxbat"...
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