AirportsBerbera Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Berbera, in Maroodi Jeex, Somalia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is BBO.
Key facts
- IATA code
- BBO
- ICAO code
- HCMI
- City
- Berbera
- State or region
- Maroodi Jeex
- Country
- Somalia
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 10.3850° N, 44.9367° E
- Elevation
- 9 m (30 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 4,140 m (13,582 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, BBO means Berbera Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: HCMI. ICAO codes that begin with H belong to east and north-east Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 10.3850° N, 44.9367° E. It stands 9 metres (30 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Africa/Mogadishu, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Berbera Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 4,140 metres (13,582 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 7 airports of Somalia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 1.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 4,140 m 13,582 ft | 50 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Egal International AirportHargeisa | HGA | 135 km |
| Djibouti-Ambouli AirportDjibouti City, Djibouti | JIB | 233 km |
| Gerad Wilwal International AirportJijiga, Ethiopia | JIJ | 251 km |
| Aden International AirportAden, Yemen | ADE | 272 km |
| Aba Tenna Dejazmach Yilma International AirportDire Dawa, Ethiopia | DIR | 348 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 3,909 km | 5 h 15 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 3,150 km | 4 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 1,986 km | 2 h 55 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,134 km | 7 h 55 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,560 km | 14 h 25 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 14,781 km | 18 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 6,599 km | 8 h 25 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,771 km | 12 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,142 km | 15 h 10 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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