AirportsAba Tenna Dejazmach Yilma International Airport is a large airport serving Dire Dawa, in Ethiopia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is DIR.
Key facts
- IATA code
- DIR
- ICAO code
- HADR
- City
- Dire Dawa
- State or region
- Dire Dawa
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 9.6235° N, 41.8550° E
- Elevation
- 1,166 m (3,827 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,679 m (8,791 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, DIR means Aba Tenna Dejazmach Yilma International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: HADR. 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 9.6235° N, 41.8550° E. It stands 1,166 metres (3,827 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Africa/Addis Ababa, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Aba Tenna Dejazmach Yilma International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,679 metres (8,791 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 17 airports of Ethiopia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 8.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 2,679 m 8,791 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Gerad Wilwal International AirportJijiga | JIJ | 120 km |
| Egal International AirportHargeisa, Somalia | HGA | 245 km |
| Djibouti-Ambouli AirportDjibouti City, Djibouti | JIB | 257 km |
| Semera AirportSemera | SZE | 258 km |
| Kombolcha AirportDessie | DSE | 286 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 4,234 km | 5 h 35 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 3,496 km | 4 h 45 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 2,249 km | 3 h 15 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,027 km | 7 h 45 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,387 km | 14 h 15 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 14,741 km | 18 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 6,929 km | 8 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,094 km | 12 h 40 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,381 km | 15 h 25 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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