Gode Airport
| Gode Airport | |||||||||||
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  GDE | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Gode, Ethiopia | ||||||||||
| Location | Gode | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 830 ft / 254 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 5°56′07″N 43°34′43″E / 5.93528°N 43.57861°ECoordinates: 5°56′07″N 43°34′43″E / 5.93528°N 43.57861°E | ||||||||||
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Source: DAFIF database | |||||||||||
Gode Airport, also known as Gode Iddiole Airport, (IATA: GDE) is an airport in Gode, Ethiopia. Located at an elevation of 254 meters above sea level, it has one runway made of a variety of materials 2288 meters long by 35 wide.[1]
Construction of the airport began in 1965 by the Swedish construction firm Skanska, and was formally inaugurated by Emperor Haile Selassie on 10 June 1966. Although originally a military air base, Gode Airport was afterwards also used for civil flights.[2]
Scheduled services
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa, Jijiga |
References
- ↑ Figures are from the last publicly accessible version of the DAFIF database.
- ↑ "Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 21 November 2007)
External links
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