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Kabri Dar Airport
Kabri Dar Airport is an airport in Kebri Dahar, Ethiopia . Located at an elevation of above sea level, the facility has a long concrete runway which is wide.Figures are from the last publicly accessible version of the DAFIF database. Airlines and destinations Accidents and incidents On 12 June 1977, Douglas C-47A ET-AAP of Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopian Airlines (commonly referred to as Ethiopian; am, የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ, translit=Ye-Ītyōṗṗyā āyer menged), formerly ''Ethiopian Air Lines'' (EAL), is the flag carrier of Ethiopia, and is wholly owned by ... was reported to have been damaged beyond economic repair in a landing accident when the port undercarriage collapsed. References External links Airports in Ethiopia Somali Region {{Ethiopia-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kebri Dahar
Kebri dehar ( so, Qabri-Dahare) is a city in the eastern part of Ethiopia known as the Somali Region. Located in the Korahe Zone of the Somali Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 1609 meters above sea level. Kebri Dehar is served by Kebri Dehar Airport ( ICAO code HAKD, IATA: ABK). Located in the city are Kabri Dehar University, Kebri Dehar Health-science college, Kebri Dehar teacher Training college, Kebri Dehar polytechnic college, and other institutions such as hospitals. History The earliest mention of Kebri Dehar in the Ogaden is in 1931, when it was described as "a soldier's camp" that suffered from malaria; although the settlement was 500 meters above the river, the scrub had not been cleared and provided the mosquitoes sufficient cover to reach their victims.Kebri Dehar also means the "land of castles" because it was known for its unique buildings and entrepreneurial leadership that connected the eastern through western merchandis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east and northeast, Kenya to the south, South Sudan to the west, and Sudan to the northwest. Ethiopia has a total area of . As of 2022, it is home to around 113.5 million inhabitants, making it the 13th-most populous country in the world and the 2nd-most populous in Africa after Nigeria. The national capital and largest city, Addis Ababa, lies several kilometres west of the East African Rift that splits the country into the African and Somali tectonic plates. Anatomically modern humans emerged from modern-day Ethiopia and set out to the Near East and elsewhere in the Middle Paleolithic period. Southwestern Ethiopia has been proposed as a possible homeland of the Afroasiatic langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DAFIF
DAFIF () or the ''Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File'' is a comprehensive database of up-to-date aeronautical data, including information on airports, airways, airspaces, navigation data, and other facts relevant to flying in the entire world, managed by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) of the United States. Withdrawal of public access DAFIF was publicly available until October 2006 through the Internet; however, it was closed to public access because "increased numbers of foreign source providers are claiming intellectual property rights or are forewarning NGA that they intend to copyright their source". Currently, only federal and state government agencies, authorized government contractors, and Department of Defense customers are able to access the DAFIF data. At the time of the announcement, the NGA did not say who the "foreign source providers" were. It was subsequently revealed that the Australian Government was behind the move. The Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethiopian Airlines
Ethiopian Airlines (commonly referred to as Ethiopian; am, የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ, translit=Ye-Ītyōṗṗyā āyer menged), formerly ''Ethiopian Air Lines'' (EAL), is the flag carrier of Ethiopia, and is wholly owned by the country's government. EAL was founded on 21 December 1945 and commenced operations on 8 April 1946, expanding to international flights in 1951. The firm became a share company in 1965 and changed its name from ''Ethiopian Air Lines'' to ''Ethiopian Airlines''. The airline has been a member of the International Air Transport Association since 1959 and of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) since 1968. Ethiopian is a Star Alliance member, having joined in . The company slogan is ''The New Spirit of Africa.'' Ethiopian's hub and headquarters are at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, from where it serves a network of 125 passenger destinations—20 of them domestic—and 44 freighter destinations. The airline has secondary h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jijiga Airport
Wilwal International Airport (also known as Garaad Wiil-Waal Airport) is an airport serving Jijiga, the capital city of the Somali Region in Ethiopia. The airport is located at , which is east of the city. It is named after nineteenth century jigjiga ruler Garad Wiil-Waal. Jijiga's original airfield is located northwest of the city center at . History The first airfield at Jijiga was constructed in 1929. An airplane crash at Jijiga in July 1930 involved the eighth or ninth aircraft introduced to Ethiopia; it was the second airplane disaster in the country. The plane was a Fiat AS-1 with 85 hp engine, a training airplane bought in 1929. The first tests in air pilot training in Ethiopia were passed at the Garad Wiil-Waal Airport by Mishka Babitcheff and Asfaw Ali on 1 and 4 September 1930. By the 1990s, the Garad Wiil-Waal Airport was one of 10 bases of the Ethiopian Air Force. Facilities The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas C-47
The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (RAF, RAAF, RCAF, RNZAF, and SAAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II and remained in front-line service with various military operators for many years.Parker 2013, pp. 13, 35, 37, 39, 45-47. Design and development The C-47 differed from the civilian DC-3 by way of numerous modifications, including being fitted with a cargo door, hoist attachment and strengthened floor - along with a shortened tail cone for glider-towing shackles, and an astrodome in the cabin roof.Wilson, Stewart. ''Aircraft of WWII''. Fyshwick, ACT, Australia: Aerospace Publications Pty Ltd., 1998. . During World War II, the armed forces of many countries used the C-47 and modified DC-3s for the transport of troops, cargo, and wounded. The U.S. naval designation was R4D. More than 10,000 aircraft were produced in Long Beach and Santa Monica, California, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airports In Ethiopia ...
This is a list of airports in Ethiopia, grouped by type and sorted by location. Transport in Ethiopia is overseen by the Ministry of Transport and Communications. Airports Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines. See also * Transport in Ethiopia * Ethiopian Air Force * List of airports by ICAO code: H#HA - Ethiopia * Wikipedia: WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: Africa#Ethiopia References * * - includes IATA codes Great Circle Mapper: Airports in Ethiopia- IATA and ICAO codes World Aero Data: Airports in Ethiopia- ICAO codes Notes {{Africa in topic, List of airports in Airports Ethiopia Airports Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
