Beledweyne Airport

Beledweyne Airport Duqow Ahmed Fiidow Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: HCMN
Summary
Serves	Beledweyne (baladwayne) (Belet Uen)
Location	Hiran, Somalia
Elevation AMSL	559 ft / 170 m
Coordinates	04°45.57′N 045°13.98′E / 4.75950°N 45.23300°E / 4.75950; 45.23300Coordinates: 04°45.57′N 045°13.98′E / 4.75950°N 45.23300°E / 4.75950; 45.23300
Map
HCMN Location of airport in Somalia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 04/22 2,000 6,562 Rock/Sand
Sources: [1][2]

Beledweyne Airport or Duqow Ahmed Fiidow^[3] (ICAO: HCMN) is an airport serving Beledweyne (also spelled Belet Uen or Beletweyn, Somali: Beletweeyne), the capital city of the Hiran region in Somalia.^[1][2]

Facilities

• The airport resides at an elevation of 559 feet (170 m) above mean sea level.^[1][2] It has one runway designated 04/22 with a crushed rock and packed sand surface measuring 2,000 by 20 metres (6,562 ft × 66 ft).^[1]

• As of February 2015, the Djibouti Defense Forces have refurbished the airstrip.^[4] The Beledweyne municipality also launched a project to further develop the airport in May of the year.^[5]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service:

Airport destination list

| Jubba Airways | Somali Airlines | Daalo Airlines | *MGQ - Aden Adde International Airport Mogadishu, Somalia *HGA - Egal Airport Hargaisa, somalia *BSA - Bosaso Airport *KMU - Kismayu Airport

State of Beledwayne's demographics/population

• Beledweyne has a population of around 67,200 inhabitants.[7] The broader Beledweyne District has a total population of 144,345 residents, with the Hawadle subclan of Hawiye well represented [8]

Districts and Towns

• Qoraxsin
• Waaberi
• Dhagaxjibis
• Liiqliiqato
• Buundoweyn
• Janta Kundisho
• Daraawiishta

References

1. 1 2 3 4 "BELETWEYN" (PDF). Operation Somalia: Airfield Specifications. Logistics Cluster. Retrieved 23 September 2013. 
2. 1 2 3 Airport information for Belet Uen, Somalia (HCMN) at Great Circle Mapper.
3. ↑ "Beledweyne airport open for commercial use: Duqow Ahmed Fiidow airport in Beledweyne has re-opened and is now ready for civilian use, UN-funded Radio Bar-Kulan reported Wednesday (June 20th)". Sabahi Online. June 21, 2012. 
4. ↑ "Chief of the Djibouti Defence Forces Major General Zakaria Sheikh arrives Beledweyn, Hiran". Goobjoog. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015. 
5. ↑ "Haji Duqow Ahmed Airport Resumes Operation". Goobjoog. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015. 

External links

• Aeronautical chart at SkyVector
• Accident history for Belet Uen Airport (HCMN), Somalia at Aviation Safety Network