Shire Airport, also known as Shire Inda Selassie Airport or Indaselassie Airport, is an airport serving
Shire
Shire is a traditional term for an administrative division of land in Great Britain and some other English-speaking countries such as Australia and New Zealand. It is generally synonymous with county. It was first used in Wessex from the beginn ...
, a city in the
Tigray National Regional State of
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 ...
. The airport is just south of the city.
Shire Airport was constructed by Ethiopian Construction Works Corporation, Transport Infrastructure Construction Sector. The project was signed to construct in 2015 and completed in 2017.
The project included airport runway, apron, and taxiway, as well as a road running from Shire city to the airport.
Airlines and destinations
See also
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Transport in Ethiopia
Transport in Ethiopia is overseen by the Ministry of Transport and Communications. Over the last years, the Ethiopian federal authorities have significantly increased funding for rail and road construction to build an infrastructure, that allows ...
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List of 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 ...
References
External links
OpenStreetMap - Shire General Hayelyom Araya Airport
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Airports in Ethiopia
Tigray Region
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