# Airports and airstrips of Mogadishu and the Shabelle regions

> Every recorded airport and airstrip in Mogadishu, Lower Shabelle and Middle Shabelle: Aden Adde, the new airport, Baledogle, K50, Jowhar, Baraawe, Merca and more.

Source page: https://calankii.com/en/infrastructure/airstrips-mogadishu-and-shabelle/
Last checked: 2026-11-13
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## About this list

The rows join **OurAirports** ([Somalia list](https://ourairports.com/countries/SO/airports.html)), the **GeoNames** gazetteer ([GeoNames](https://www.geonames.org/)) and **Wikidata** ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/)). Fields that two registers place within 4 km of each other are one row. Heights from OurAirports are in feet, from GeoNames in metres. OurAirports files some fields under "Mogadishu" as the nearest city even when they lie in Lower or Middle [Shabelle](/en/economy/farming-and-harvests/).

## The main fields

- [Aden Adde International Airport](/en/infrastructure/aden-adde-international-airport/): Mogadishu's airport since 1928, with a 3.2 km runway on the coast.
- [New Mogadishu International Airport](/en/infrastructure/new-mogadishu-international-airport/): planned on about 20 square kilometres at Maaxaay (El Maan), with a World Bank-funded design study launched in February 2026. OurAirports already lists the site as "under construction" ([OurAirports, SO-0022](https://ourairports.com/airports/SO-0022/)).
- [Baledogle airfield](/en/infrastructure/baledogle-airfield/): the largest military base, near Wanlaweyn.
- [K50 airstrip](/en/infrastructure/k50-airstrip/): Mogadishu's stand-in airport during the 2007 to 2011 fighting.

## Petrella, the first airfield

Before today's airport, Mogadishu's first field was **Aeroporto di Mogadiscio-Petrella**, opened in 1928 about 3 miles south of the city and named after Enrico Petrella, an Italian pilot who had died there in 1921 when it was still a simple strip ([Wikipedia, Petrella Airport](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrella_Airport)). The 36th "Squadriglia Mogadiscio" was based there from 1926, and in 1935–36 it was the centre for Italian air raids on southern Ethiopia. From 1938 a bus service linked it to the city and port. It was partly destroyed in 1941 and reopened to civilian flights in 1950 under the UN trusteeship (same source). See [Toward independence, 1920 to 1960](/en/history/) for the period.

## Smaller strips

- **Jowhar:** GeoNames marks an airfield at the capital of [Middle Shabelle](/en/regions/middle-shabelle/) and of [Hirshabelle](/en/states/hirshabelle/) ([GeoNames](https://www.geonames.org/13388817)).
- **Baraawe:** OurAirports and GeoNames list strips at the old port town; see [Barawa](/en/regions/barawa/) ([OurAirports, SO-0015](https://ourairports.com/airports/SO-0015/); [GeoNames](https://www.geonames.org/13388818)).
- **Merca (Marka):** OurAirports lists the town's airstrip as closed ([OurAirports, SO-0014](https://ourairports.com/airports/SO-0014/)).
- **[Dayniile](/en/society/internal-displacement/) and Cisaleey (Isaley):** OurAirports lists a strip at Dayniile on Mogadishu's north-west edge and a closed field at Cisaleey north of the city ([OurAirports, SO-0013](https://ourairports.com/airports/SO-0013/); [OurAirports, SO-0021](https://ourairports.com/airports/SO-0021/)).
- **Uadan highway strip:** a road strip south-west of the city ([OurAirports, SO-0003](https://ourairports.com/airports/SO-0003/)).

## Every recorded airfield

| Airfield | Town | Codes | Runway | Height | Position | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Aden Adde International Airport](/en/infrastructure/aden-adde-international-airport/) | Mogadishu | MGQ / HCMM | 05/23 10446 ft ASP | 29 ft | 2.014, 45.305 | [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/airports/HCMM/); [GeoNames](https://www.geonames.org/6297286); [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108079714) |
| [Baledogle Airfield](/en/infrastructure/baledogle-airfield/) | Wanlaweyn | HC01 |  | 297 ft | 2.671, 44.793 | [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/airports/SO-0002/); [GeoNames](https://www.geonames.org/13388824) |
| Baraawe Airport | Baraawe |  |  |  | 1.094, 43.995 | [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/airports/SO-0015/) |
| Barawe |  |  |  | 70 m | 1.162, 44.012 | [GeoNames](https://www.geonames.org/13388818) |
| Cisaleey Airport | Mogadishu |  | (closed) | 29 ft | 2.117, 45.489 | [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/airports/SO-0021/) |
| Dayniile Airport | Mogadishu |  |  |  | 2.122, 45.269 | [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/airports/SO-0013/) |
| Jowhar |  |  |  | 111 m | 2.886, 45.469 | [GeoNames](https://www.geonames.org/13388817) |
| [K50 Airstrip](/en/infrastructure/k50-airstrip/) | Mogadishu |  |  | 100 ft | 2.005, 44.987 | [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/airports/SO-0001/); [GeoNames](https://www.geonames.org/8555687) |
| Kilometer 50 |  |  |  | 73 m | 1.945, 44.947 | [GeoNames](https://www.geonames.org/13388826) |
| Merca Airport | Merca |  | (closed) |  | 1.633, 44.649 | [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/airports/SO-0014/) |
| [New Mogadishu International Airport (Under Construction)](/en/infrastructure/new-mogadishu-international-airport/) | Mogadishu |  | (closed) | 30 ft | 2.2, 45.62 | [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/airports/SO-0022/) |
| Uadan Highway Airstrip | Mogadishu |  |  |  | 1.973, 45.223 | [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/airports/SO-0003/); [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12695386) |

## Related

- [Mogadishu](/en/regions/mogadishu/), [Lower Shabelle](/en/regions/lower-shabelle/), [Middle Shabelle](/en/regions/middle-shabelle/)
- [Airlines in Somalia](/en/economy/airlines-in-somalia/)

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