Assab International Airport
| Assab International Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public/Military | ||||||||||
| Serves | Assab | ||||||||||
| Location | Eritrea | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 46 ft / 14 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 13°04′18″N 42°38′42″E / 13.07167°N 42.64500°ECoordinates: 13°04′18″N 42°38′42″E / 13.07167°N 42.64500°E | ||||||||||
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  ASA Location of airport in Eritrea | |||||||||||
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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 a 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, actually it is used only for private and military flights.
In 2017 there it is a civilian weekly flight between Assab and Massawa international Airport.
Notes
External links
- Airport information for HHSB at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
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