# Egal International Airport (HGA / HCMH)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: HGA / HCMH
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Somaliland Civil Aviation and Airports Authority
- Serves: Hargeisa, Maroodi Jeex, Somalia
- Opened: 1954
- Elevation: 1,363 m / 4,471 ft
- Coordinates: 9.5141, 44.0835
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,700 m / 12,139 ft
- Passengers: 85,800 (2012)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Africa/Mogadishu
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hargeisa_Airport (23 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15564
- Weather station: HCMH · WMO 63170
- Ident: HCMH

## Timeline

- 1954: Egal International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 3,700 m / 12,139 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 055° / 235° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2002 | 56,000 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 85,800 | Wikidata |

## Routes

6 destinations in 5 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (6)

- [JIB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hdam.md) Djibouti-Ambouli Airport · Djibouti · 248 km / 154 mi · Daallo Airlines, Air Djibouti
- [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 583 km / 362 mi · Ethiopian Airlines
- [BSA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hcmf.md) Bender Qassim International Airport · Somalia · 587 km / 365 mi · Jubba Airways
- [MGQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hcmm.md) Aden Adde International Airport · Somalia · 845 km / 525 mi · Daallo Airlines, Jubba Airways, Freedom Airline Express
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,452 km / 902 mi · Daallo Airlines, Jubba Airways
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 2,118 km / 1,316 mi · flydubai, Daallo Airlines, Jubba Airways

### Cargo (1)

- [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 583 km / 362 mi · File:Ethiopian Airlines Logo.svg

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (6)

- D3 [Daallo Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/daallo-airlines) · 4
- 6J [Jubba Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jubba-airways) · 4
- DJ [Air Djibouti](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-djibouti) · 1
- ET [Ethiopian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ethiopian-airlines) · 1
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1
- [Freedom Airline Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/freedom-airline-express) · 1

### Cargo (1)

- File:Ethiopian Airlines Logo.svg · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 86K (2012) | #1,873 of 3,974 | #125 in Africa |  |
| Longest runway | 3,700 m / 12,139 ft | =270 of 29,858 | =29 in Africa | =2 in SO |
| Elevation | 1,363 m / 4,471 ft | #2,722 of 43,403 | #517 in Africa | #3 in SO |
| Age | Opened 1954 | =4,023 of 15,079 | =52 in Africa | #2 in SO |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =3 in SO |

## Nearby airports

- [BXX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/so-bxx.md) Borama Airport · 113 km / 70 mi
- [JIJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hajj.md) Gerad Wilwal International Airport · 130 km / 81 mi
- [BBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hcmi.md) Berbera Airport · 135 km / 84 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: “Hargeisa Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hargeisa_Airport&oldid=1375698855), revision of 19 Sep 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/hcmh/data