AirportsAden Adde International Airport is a large airport serving Mogadishu, in Banaadir, Somalia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is MGQ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- MGQ
- ICAO code
- HCMM
- City
- Mogadishu
- State or region
- Banaadir
- Country
- Somalia
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 2.0144° N, 45.3047° E
- Elevation
- 9 m (29 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,184 m (10,446 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, MGQ means Aden Adde International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: HCMM. 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 2.0144° N, 45.3047° E. It stands 9 metres (29 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
Aden Adde International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,184 metres (10,446 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 7 airports of Somalia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 3.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 3,184 m 10,446 ft | 45 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Beledweyne AirportBeledweyne | BLW | 306 km |
| Shilavo AirportShilavo, Ethiopia | HIL | 456 km |
| Gode AirportGode, Ethiopia | GDE | 476 km |
| Kebri Dahar AirportKebri Dahar, Ethiopia | ABK | 538 km |
| Wajir AirportWajir, Kenya | WJR | 580 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 4,479 km | 5 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 3,550 km | 4 h 45 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 2,800 km | 3 h 50 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,949 km | 8 h 50 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,257 km | 15 h 15 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 15,669 km | 19 h 25 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 6,523 km | 8 h 20 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,282 km | 12 h 55 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 11,593 km | 14 h 30 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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