# Airports and airstrips of Djibouti > Every recorded airport and airstrip in Djibouti: Djibouti–Ambouli, Chabelley, Dikhil, Obock, Tadjoura, Ali Sabieh, Assa-Gueyla, Herkale, Moucha and the planned Hassan Gouled airport. Source page: https://calankii.com/en/infrastructure/airports-of-djibouti/ Last checked: 2026-11-13 Publisher: Calankii (https://calankii.com) ## About this list The rows join **OurAirports** ([Djibouti list](https://ourairports.com/countries/DJ/airports.html)) and the **GeoNames** gazetteer ([GeoNames](https://www.geonames.org/)), with **Wikidata** where it matches. Fields that two registers place within 4 km of each other are one row; heliports are left out. Heights from OurAirports are in feet, from GeoNames in metres. For Djibouti's Somali community see [Somalis in Djibouti](/en/diaspora/djibouti/). ## The international airport [Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport](/en/infrastructure/djibouti-ambouli-international-airport/) (JIB, HDAM) has a 3,150-metre runway and served 176,861 passengers in 2010; about three quarters of its traffic is military. ## Chabelley Chabelley (HDCH), in Arta region south-west of the capital, has a paved runway, 10/28, of 7,795 feet (about 2,376 m) ([OurAirports, HDCH](https://ourairports.com/airports/HDCH/)). ## Regional towns - **Dikhil:** an airstrip (HDDK) with a paved runway, 11/29, of 5,770 feet, at 1,520 feet ([OurAirports, HDDK](https://ourairports.com/airports/HDDK/); [Wikipedia, Dikhil Airport](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dikhil_Airport)). - **Obock:** OBC, HDOB, one runway of 1,390 metres at 69 feet (21 m) above sea level ([Wikipedia, Obock Airport](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obock_Airport)). - **Tadjoura:** TDJ, HDTJ, serving the town on the Gulf of Tadjoura ([Wikipedia, Tadjoura Airport](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadjoura_Airport)). - **Ali Sabieh:** AII, HDAS, at 2,313 feet ([Wikipedia, Ali-Sabieh Airport](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali-Sabieh_Airport); [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/airports/HDAS/)). - **Assa-Gueyla:** HDAG, an airstrip serving the village of 'Assa Gaila in Tadjourah region ([Wikipedia, Assa-Gueyla Airport](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assa-Gueyla_Airport)). - **Herkale:** HDHE, an airstrip 7 km north-west of the hamlet of Khôr 'Angar by the Bab-el-Mandeb strait, the entrance to the Red Sea ([Wikipedia, Herkale Airport](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herkale_Airport)). - **Moucha Island:** MHI, HDMO. Wikipedia notes that its status is unclear and that no records or photos of the strip can be found ([Wikipedia, Moucha Airport](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moucha_Airport)). - **Holhol:** OurAirports lists a strip at Holhol ([OurAirports, DJ-0001](https://ourairports.com/airports/DJ-0001/)). ## Hassan Gouled airport site OurAirports lists a **Djibouti [Hassan Gouled](/en/people/hassan-gouled-aptidon/) International Airport** site at Balbala, west of the capital, with the status "closed", meaning not in service ([OurAirports, DJ-0002](https://ourairports.com/airports/DJ-0002/)). ## Every recorded airfield | Airfield | Town | Codes | Runway | Height | Position | Sources | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Ado Bouri | | | | 1 m | 12.603, 43.182 | [GeoNames](https://www.geonames.org/13393911) | | Ali-Sabieh Airport | Ali-Sabieh | AII / HDAS | | 2313 ft | 11.147, 42.72 | [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/airports/HDAS/); [GeoNames](https://www.geonames.org/7730606) | | Assa-Gueyla Airport | Assa-Gueyla | HDAG | | 2050 ft | 12.189, 42.637 | [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/airports/HDAG/); [GeoNames](https://www.geonames.org/13393891) | | Biidley | | | | 230 m | 11.32, 43.074 | [GeoNames](https://www.geonames.org/13393907) | | Chabelley Airport | Chabelley | HDCH | 10/28 7795 ft ASP | 279 ft | 11.517, 43.061 | [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/airports/HDCH/); [GeoNames](https://www.geonames.org/8555602) | | Dikhil Airport | Dikhil | HDDK | 11/29 5770 ft ASP | 1520 ft | 11.098, 42.351 | [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/airports/HDDK/); [GeoNames](https://www.geonames.org/13393886) | | Djibouti Hassan Gouled International Airport | Balbala | | (closed) | 108 ft | 11.548, 43.124 | [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/airports/DJ-0002/); [GeoNames](https://www.geonames.org/6301550) | | [Djibouti-Ambouli Airport](/en/infrastructure/djibouti-ambouli-international-airport/) | Djibouti City | JIB / HDAM | 09/27 10335 ft PEM | 49 ft | 11.547, 43.16 | [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/airports/HDAM/); [GeoNames](https://www.geonames.org/6301550) | | Hadla | | | | 471 m | 11.043, 42.972 | [GeoNames](https://www.geonames.org/13393877) | | Herkale Airport | Herkale | HDHE | | 38 ft | 12.445, 43.293 | [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/airports/HDHE/); [GeoNames](https://www.geonames.org/13393912); [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5739242); [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herkale_Airport) | | Holhol Airport | Holhol | | | | 11.306, 42.92 | [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/airports/DJ-0001/) | | Moucha Airport | Moucha Island | MHI / HDMO | | | 11.73, 43.21 | [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/airports/HDMO/); [GeoNames](https://www.geonames.org/7730607) | | Obock Airport | Obock | OBC / HDOB | | 69 ft | 11.967, 43.267 | [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/airports/HDOB/); [GeoNames](https://www.geonames.org/7730608) | | Tadjoura Airport | Tadjoura | TDJ / HDTJ | | 246 ft | 11.787, 42.917 | [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/airports/HDTJ/); [GeoNames](https://www.geonames.org/7668295) | ## Related - [Port of Djibouti](/en/infrastructure/port-of-djibouti/) - [Djibouti–Addis Ababa railway](/en/infrastructure/ethiopia-djibouti-railways/) --- I want to help with this: email hello@calankii.com. 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