Assab International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic/Military
ServesAssab
LocationEritrea
Elevation AMSL46 ft / 14 m
Coordinates13°04′18″N 42°38′42″E / 13.07167°N 42.64500°E / 13.07167; 42.64500
Websiteatozairports.com
Map
ASA is located in Eritrea
ASA
ASA
Location of airport in Eritrea
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 11,531 3,515 Asphalt

Assab International Airport (IATA: ASA, ICAO: HHSB) is an international airport in Assab, the capital of the Southern Red Sea region of Eritrea.

Characteristics

It serves as a dual public and military facility. The airport has an 11,531 ft (3,515 m) asphalt runway. It currently receives no regular scheduled airline flights.

History

The airport was created during the colonial era of Italian Eritrea in the late 1930s, as a secondary airport of military support in the region.[1]

Damaged during WW2, for years it has been used only for private and military flights. In 2017 there it is a civilian weekly flight between Assab and Massawa international Airport. As of November 2018 Eritrean Airlines is planning to start routes to Asmara, and Addis Ababa.

Starting in September 2015, United Arab Emirates armed forces upgraded the airbase to host its military forces to support its intervention in Yemen, with a partial withdraw starting in 2021.[2][3]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Eritrean Airlines Addis Ababa,[4] Asmara

Notes

  1. "Assab airport photo". Archived from the original on 15 October 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  2. "UAE dismantles Eritrea base as it continues pull back from Yemen war |".
  3. "UAE dismantles Eritrea base as it pulls back after Yemen war". 18 February 2021.
  4. "Eritrean Airlines expands Addis Ababa service from mid-Nov 2018". routesonline. Retrieved 2 November 2018.


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