Egal International Airport

ICAO HCMH9.5141°N 44.0835°E1,363 m / 4,471 ftLarge airport

Egal International Airport (IATA: HGA, ICAO: HCMH) is a large airport in Hargeisa, Maroodi Jeex, Somalia. It opened in 1954. It has one runway, 3,700 m (12,139 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Somaliland Civil Aviation and Airports Authority. In 2012 it handled 86 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1954–1954

1954

OpenedEgal International Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

06/24055° / 235° · LIT

LENGTH3,700 m12,139 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2002–2012

56K

86K

0212

Routes

6 destinations · 5 countries

Year-round6

JIBDjibouti-Ambouli AirportDjibouti · Daallo Airlines, Air Djibouti248 km154 mi ADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Ethiopian Airlines583 km362 mi BSABender Qassim International AirportSomalia · Jubba Airways587 km365 mi MGQAden Adde International AirportSomalia · Daallo Airlines, Jubba Airways, Freedom Airline Express845 km525 mi JEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Daallo Airlines, Jubba Airways1,452 km902 mi DXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai, Daallo Airlines, Jubba Airways2,118 km1,316 mi

Cargo1

ADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · File:Ethiopian Airlines Logo.svg583 km362 mi

Most destinationsDaallo Airlines 4Jubba Airways 4Air Djibouti 1Ethiopian Airlines 1Freedom Airline Express 1flydubai 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from HGA. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Hargeisa Airport” (revision of 19 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers86K (2012)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,873of 3,974 · #125 Africa Longest runway3,700 m12,139 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=270of 29,823 · =29 Africa · =2 SO Elevation1,363 m4,471 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#2,717of 43,341 · #517 Africa · #3 SO AgeOpened 19542026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,023of 15,079 · =52 Africa · #2 SO Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =176 Africa · =3 SO

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