AirportsEgal International Airport is a large airport serving Hargeisa, in Maroodi Jeex, Somalia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is HGA.
Key facts
- IATA code
- HGA
- ICAO code
- HCMH
- City
- Hargeisa
- State or region
- Maroodi Jeex
- Country
- Somalia
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 9.5141° N, 44.0835° E
- Elevation
- 1,363 m (4,471 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,700 m (12,139 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, HGA means Egal International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: HCMH. 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 9.5141° N, 44.0835° E. It stands 1,363 metres (4,471 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
Egal International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,700 metres (12,139 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 2.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 3,700 m 12,139 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, Ethiopia | JIJ | 130 km |
| Berbera AirportBerbera | BBO | 135 km |
| Aba Tenna Dejazmach Yilma International AirportDire Dawa, Ethiopia | DIR | 245 km |
| Djibouti-Ambouli AirportDjibouti City, Djibouti | JIB | 248 km |
| Kebri Dahar AirportKebri Dahar, Ethiopia | ABK | 310 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 4,042 km | 5 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 3,273 km | 4 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 2,118 km | 3 h 05 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,165 km | 7 h 55 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,566 km | 14 h 25 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 14,841 km | 18 h 25 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 6,685 km | 8 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,903 km | 12 h 25 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,169 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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