Airports and airstrips
Airports and airstrips of Djibouti
Djibouti has 14 recorded airfields besides military helipads. Djibouti–Ambouli in the capital is the only international airport and also hosts French, US, Japanese and Italian forces. Chabelley, south-west of the city, has a 2.4 km paved runway, and Dikhil a paved 1.8 km strip. Small fields serve Obock, Tadjoura, Ali Sabieh and Assa-Gueyla, and OurAirports lists a Hassan Gouled International Airport site at Balbala.
About this list
The rows join OurAirports (Djibouti list) and the GeoNames gazetteer (GeoNames), 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.
The international airport
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).
Regional towns
- Dikhil: an airstrip (HDDK) with a paved runway, 11/29, of 5,770 feet, at 1,520 feet (OurAirports, HDDK; Wikipedia, Dikhil Airport).
- Obock: OBC, HDOB, one runway of 1,390 metres at 69 feet (21 m) above sea level (Wikipedia, Obock Airport).
- Tadjoura: TDJ, HDTJ, serving the town on the Gulf of Tadjoura (Wikipedia, Tadjoura Airport).
- Ali Sabieh: AII, HDAS, at 2,313 feet (Wikipedia, Ali-Sabieh Airport; OurAirports).
- Assa-Gueyla: HDAG, an airstrip serving the village of 'Assa Gaila in Tadjourah region (Wikipedia, 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).
- 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).
- Holhol: OurAirports lists a strip at Holhol (OurAirports, DJ-0001).
Hassan Gouled airport site
OurAirports lists a Djibouti Hassan Gouled International Airport site at Balbala, west of the capital, with the status "closed", meaning not in service (OurAirports, DJ-0002).
Every recorded airfield
| Airfield | Town | Codes | Runway | Height | Position | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ado Bouri | 1 m | 12.603, 43.182 | GeoNames | |||
| Ali-Sabieh Airport | Ali-Sabieh | AII / HDAS | 2313 ft | 11.147, 42.72 | OurAirports; GeoNames | |
| Assa-Gueyla Airport | Assa-Gueyla | HDAG | 2050 ft | 12.189, 42.637 | OurAirports; GeoNames | |
| Biidley | 230 m | 11.32, 43.074 | GeoNames | |||
| Chabelley Airport | Chabelley | HDCH | 10/28 7795 ft ASP | 279 ft | 11.517, 43.061 | OurAirports; GeoNames |
| Dikhil Airport | Dikhil | HDDK | 11/29 5770 ft ASP | 1520 ft | 11.098, 42.351 | OurAirports; GeoNames |
| Djibouti Hassan Gouled International Airport | Balbala | (closed) | 108 ft | 11.548, 43.124 | OurAirports; GeoNames | |
| Djibouti-Ambouli Airport | Djibouti City | JIB / HDAM | 09/27 10335 ft PEM | 49 ft | 11.547, 43.16 | OurAirports; GeoNames |
| Hadla | 471 m | 11.043, 42.972 | GeoNames | |||
| Herkale Airport | Herkale | HDHE | 38 ft | 12.445, 43.293 | OurAirports; GeoNames; Wikidata; Wikipedia | |
| Holhol Airport | Holhol | 11.306, 42.92 | OurAirports | |||
| Moucha Airport | Moucha Island | MHI / HDMO | 11.73, 43.21 | OurAirports; GeoNames | ||
| Obock Airport | Obock | OBC / HDOB | 69 ft | 11.967, 43.267 | OurAirports; GeoNames | |
| Tadjoura Airport | Tadjoura | TDJ / HDTJ | 246 ft | 11.787, 42.917 | OurAirports; GeoNames |
Related
Sources
- Djibouti list · ourairports.com
- GeoNames · geonames.org
- OurAirports, HDCH · ourairports.com
- OurAirports, HDDK · ourairports.com
- Wikipedia, Dikhil Airport · en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, Obock Airport · en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, Tadjoura Airport · en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, Ali-Sabieh Airport · en.wikipedia.org
- OurAirports · ourairports.com
- Wikipedia, Assa-Gueyla Airport · en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, Herkale Airport · en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, Moucha Airport · en.wikipedia.org
- OurAirports, DJ-0001 · ourairports.com
- OurAirports, DJ-0002 · ourairports.com
- GeoNames · geonames.org
- GeoNames · geonames.org
- OurAirports · ourairports.com
- GeoNames · geonames.org
- GeoNames · geonames.org
- GeoNames · geonames.org
- GeoNames · geonames.org
- GeoNames · geonames.org
- OurAirports · ourairports.com
- GeoNames · geonames.org
- OurAirports · ourairports.com
- GeoNames · geonames.org
- Wikidata · wikidata.org
- OurAirports · ourairports.com
- GeoNames · geonames.org
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- GeoNames · geonames.org
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- GeoNames · geonames.org
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