Gode Airport

Gode Airport
IATA: GDE – ICAO: HAGO GDE Location of airport in Ethiopia
Summary
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
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 4/22 7,500 2,280 various materials
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
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa, Jijiga

References

1. Figures are from the last publicly accessible version of the DAFIF database.
2. "Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 21 November 2007)

External links

• Ethiopian Airlines Routes