# Mekele Alula Aba Nega Airport (MQX / HAMK)

**Mekele Alula Aba Nega Airport** (IATA: MQX, ICAO: HAMK) is a medium airport in Mekele, Tigray Region, Ethiopia. It has one runway, 3,600 m (11,811 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MQX / HAMK
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Mekele, Tigray Region, Ethiopia
- Elevation: 2,254 m / 7,396 ft
- Coordinates: 13.4674, 39.5335
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,600 m / 11,811 ft
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Africa/Addis_Ababa
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alula_Aba_Nega_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4737322
- Weather station: HAMK · WMO 63330
- Ident: HAMK

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 3,600 m / 11,811 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 112° / 292° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,600 m / 11,811 ft | =383 of 29,858 | =45 in Africa | #2 in ET |
| Elevation | 2,254 m / 7,396 ft | #393 of 43,403 | #27 in Africa | #10 in ET |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =3 in ET |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [AXU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haax.md) Axum Airport · 112 km / 69 mi

## In collections

- [Highest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/highest) #64

## 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)
- [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/hamk/data