# Gerad Wilwal International Airport (JIJ / HAJJ)

**Gerad Wilwal International Airport** (IATA: JIJ, ICAO: HAJJ) is a large airport in Jijiga, Somali Region, Ethiopia. It has one runway, 2,500 m (8,202 ft) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/hajj

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: JIJ / HAJJ
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Jijiga, Somali Region, Ethiopia
- Elevation: 1,815 m / 5,954 ft
- Coordinates: 9.3319, 42.9118
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,500 m / 8,202 ft
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Africa/Addis_Ababa
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jijiga_Gerad_Wilwal_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11824359
- Weather station: HAJJ · WMO 63473
- Ident: HAJJ

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 3/21 | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft |  | Asphalt |  |  |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [GDE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hago.md) Gode Airport · Ethiopia · 385 km / 239 mi · Ethiopian Airlines
- [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 453 km / 281 mi · Ethiopian Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from JIJ, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- ET [Ethiopian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ethiopian-airlines) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | =2,333 of 29,858 | =312 in Africa | =12 in ET |
| Elevation | 1,815 m / 5,954 ft | #1,087 of 43,403 | #133 in Africa | #24 in ET |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =3 in ET |

## Nearby airports

- [BXX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/so-bxx.md) Borama Airport · 73 km / 45 mi
- [DIR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hadr.md) Aba Tenna Dejazmach Yilma International Airport · 120 km / 75 mi
- [HGA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hcmh.md) Egal International Airport · 130 km / 81 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Jijiga Gerad Wilwal Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jijiga_Gerad_Wilwal_Airport&oldid=1363270365), revision of 9 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/hajj/data