# Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ / HCMM)

**Aden Adde International Airport** (IATA: MGQ, ICAO: HCMM) is a large airport in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. It has one runway, 3,184 m (10,446 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MGQ / HCMM
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia
- Elevation: 9 m / 29 ft
- Coordinates: 2.0144, 45.3047
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,184 m / 10,446 ft
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Africa/Mogadishu
- Website: http://mogadishuairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aden_Adde_International_Airport (31 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1119032
- Weather station: HCMM · WMO 63260
- Ident: HCMM

## Timeline

- 23 Mar 2007: 2007 Mogadishu TransAVIAexport Airlines Il-76 crash. 11 killed.
- 9 Aug 2013: 2013 Ethiopian Air Force An-12 crash. 4 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 3,184 m / 10,446 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Routes

17 destinations in 10 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (17)

- [BIB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hcmb.md) Baidoa Airport · Somalia · 222 km / 138 mi · Jubba Airways
- [GUO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/so-0020.md) Guriel Airport · Somalia · 375 km / 233 mi · Jubba Airways
- [KMU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hcmk.md) Kismayo Airport · Somalia · 413 km / 257 mi · Daallo Airlines, Jubba Airways
- [AAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aad.md) Adado Airport · Somalia · 477 km / 296 mi · Jubba Airways
- [GLK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hcmr.md) Galcaio Airport · Somalia · 581 km / 361 mi · Jubba Airways
- [GGR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hcmw.md) Garowe Airport · Somalia · 802 km / 498 mi · Daallo Airlines, Jubba Airways, Freedom Airline Express
- [HGA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hcmh.md) Egal International Airport · Somalia · 845 km / 525 mi · Daallo Airlines, Jubba Airways, Air Djibouti
- [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · Kenya · 1,002 km / 623 mi · Daallo Airlines, Jubba Airways, Kenya Airways, Freedom Airline Express
- [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 1,057 km / 657 mi · Ethiopian Airlines
- [JIB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hdam.md) Djibouti-Ambouli Airport · Djibouti · 1,086 km / 675 mi · Jubba Airways, Qatar Airways, EgyptAir, Air Djibouti
- [BSA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hcmf.md) Bender Qassim International Airport · Somalia · 1,113 km / 692 mi · Daallo Airlines, Jubba Airways
- [EBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/huen.md) Entebbe International Airport · Uganda · 1,447 km / 899 mi · Uganda Airlines
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 2,286 km / 1,420 mi · Daallo Airlines, Jubba Airways
- [MCT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ooms.md) Muscat International Airport · Oman · 2,777 km / 1,726 mi · SalamAir
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 2,800 km / 1,740 mi · flydubai
- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 3,452 km / 2,145 mi · EgyptAir
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 4,671 km / 2,902 mi · Turkish Airlines

### Cargo (3)

- [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · Kenya · 1,002 km / 623 mi · Astral Aviation, Kenya Airways
- [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 1,057 km / 657 mi · Ethiopian Airlines
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 4,671 km / 2,902 mi · MNG Airlines, Turkish Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- 6J [Jubba Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jubba-airways) · 11

### Passenger (11)

- D3 [Daallo Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/daallo-airlines) · 6
- DJ [Air Djibouti](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-djibouti) · 2
- MS [EgyptAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/egyptair) · 2
- [Freedom Airline Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/freedom-airline-express) · 2
- ET [Ethiopian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ethiopian-airlines) · 1
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1
- KQ [Kenya Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kenya-airways) · 1
- QR [Qatar Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qatar-airways) · 1
- OV [SalamAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/salamair) · 1
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 1
- UR [Uganda Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/uganda-airlines) · 1

### Cargo (2)

- 8V [Astral Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/astral-aviation) · 1
- MB [MNG Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mng-airlines) · 1

Former hub of [Somali Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/somali-airlines).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,184 m / 10,446 ft | #890 of 29,858 | #139 in Africa | #4 in SO |
| Elevation | 9 m / 29 ft | =40,644 of 43,403 | =3,037 in Africa | #28 in SO |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =3 in SO |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APPROACH / TOWER |  | 132.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [SO-0003](https://dromopedia.com/airports/so-0003.md) Uadan Highway Airstrip · 10 km / 6.3 mi
- [SO-0013](https://dromopedia.com/airports/so-0013.md) Dayniile Airport · 13 km / 7.8 mi
- [SO-0001](https://dromopedia.com/airports/so-0001.md) K50 Airstrip · 35 km / 22 mi
- [SO-0002](https://dromopedia.com/airports/so-0002.md) Baledogle Airfield · 93 km / 57 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: “Aden Adde International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aden_Adde_International_Airport&oldid=1374442689), revision of 12 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/hcmm/data
