AirportsKombolcha Airport is a small airport serving Dessie, in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is DSE.
Key facts
- IATA code
- DSE
- ICAO code
- HADC
- City
- Dessie
- State or region
- Amhara Region
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 11.1098° N, 39.7259° E
- Elevation
- 1,865 m (6,120 ft)
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, DSE means Kombolcha Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: HADC. 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 11.1098° N, 39.7259° E. It stands 1,865 metres (6,120 feet) above sea level. That is high for an airport. Thin air at this height means aircraft need a longer run to take off.
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
The open data has no runway details for this airport.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Semera AirportSemera | SZE | 157 km |
| Debre Markos AirportDebre Markos | DBM | 234 km |
| Addis Ababa Bole International AirportAddis Ababa | ADD | 258 km |
| Mekele Alula Aba Nega AirportMekele | MQX | 263 km |
| Bahir Dar AirportBahir Dar | BJR | 268 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 4,337 km | 5 h 45 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 3,660 km | 4 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 2,277 km | 3 h 15 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 5,766 km | 7 h 25 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,105 km | 13 h 55 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 14,498 km | 18 h 00 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 7,173 km | 9 h 10 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,182 km | 12 h 45 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,666 km | 15 h 45 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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