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Addis Ababa Bole International Airport

ICAO HAAB8.9779°N 38.7993°E2,326 m / 7,630 ftLarge airport
On the map

Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (IATA: ADD, ICAO: HAAB) is a large airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It opened in 1961. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,800 m (12,467 ft). In 2025 it handled 13.1 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1961–1972
1961
OpenedAddis Ababa Bole International Airport opens.
18 APR 1972
DisasterEast African Airways Flight 720.43 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Terminal 1ቦሌ ዓለም አቀፍ አውሮፕላን ማረፊያ ተርሚናልየሀገር ውስጥ መንገደኞች ተርሚናል
07R/25L074° / 254° · LIT
LENGTH3,800 m12,467 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
07L/25R074° / 254° · LIT
LENGTH3,700 m12,139 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2012–2025
6.5M
6.9M
8.7M
8.7M
10.2M
12.1M
5.5M
4.6M
6.7M
8.0M
11.8M
13.1M
121415161718202122232425

Routes

16 destinations · 10 countries
2,500 km5,000 km7,500 km2,500 mi5,000 miADE · Aden International Airport · 804 km / 500 miAHB · Abha International Airport · 1,111 km / 690 miNBO · Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · 1,164 km / 723 miJED · King Abdulaziz International Airport · 1,413 km / 878 miKGL · Kigali International Airport · 1,550 km / 963 miRUH · King Khalid International Airport · 1,964 km / 1,220 miDOH · Hamad International Airport · 2,263 km / 1,406 miAUH · Zayed International Airport · 2,405 km / 1,494 miKWI · Kuwait International Airport · 2,446 km / 1,520 miDXB · Dubai International Airport · 2,519 km / 1,565 miSHJ · Sharjah International Airport · 2,536 km / 1,576 miIST · İstanbul Airport · 3,725 km / 2,315 miALG · Houari Boumediene Airport · 4,725 km / 2,936 miCSX · Changsha Huanghua International Airport · 8,016 km / 4,981 miCAN · Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport · 8,038 km / 4,995 miXMN · Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport · 8,521 km / 5,295 miXMNALGISTSHJKWIRUHKGLJEDNBOADECANCSXDOHAHBAUHADD
Year-round16
ADEAden International AirportYemen · Yemenia804 km500 miAHBAbha International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas1,111 km690 miNBOJomo Kenyatta International AirportKenya · Kenya Airways1,164 km723 miJEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia1,413 km878 miKGLKigali International AirportRwanda · RwandAir1,550 km963 miRUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas1,964 km1,220 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways2,263 km1,406 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Etihad Airways2,405 km1,494 miKWIKuwait International AirportKuwait · Jazeera Airways2,446 km1,520 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai, Emirates2,519 km1,565 miSHJSharjah International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Air Arabia2,536 km1,576 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines3,725 km2,315 miALGHouari Boumediene AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie4,725 km2,936 miCSXChangsha Huanghua International AirportChina · China Southern Airlines8,016 km4,981 miCANGuangzhou Baiyun International AirportChina · China Southern Airlines8,038 km4,995 miXMNXiamen Gaoqi International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines8,521 km5,295 mi
Most destinationsFlynas 2China Southern Airlines 2Yemenia 1Kenya Airways 1Saudia 1RwandAir 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from ADD. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Addis Ababa Bole International Airport” (revision of 24 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers13.1M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#170of 3,974 · #5 AfricaLongest runway3,800 m12,467 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=204of 29,823 · #25 Africa · #1 ETElevation2,326 m7,630 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#329of 43,341 · #21 Africa · #8 ETAgeOpened 19612026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,721of 15,079 · #65 Africa · #1 ETRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =24 Africa · =1 ET
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

7 channels
APPAPP119.700
GNDBole GND121.900
TWRTWR118.100
ATISATIS128.500
EastAddis center125.200
WestAddis center125.100
CTAFoshkosh traffic118.500