# Erigavo Airport (ERA / HCMU)

**Erigavo Airport** (IATA: ERA, ICAO: HCMU) is a small airport in Erigavo, Sanaag, Somalia. It opened in 1950. It is operated by Erigavo.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ERA / HCMU
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Erigavo
- Serves: Erigavo, Sanaag, Somalia
- Opened: 1950 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 1,744 m / 5,720 ft
- Coordinates: 10.6421, 47.3880
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Africa/Mogadishu
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erigavo_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15556
- Ident: HCMU

## Timeline

- 1950: Erigavo Airport opens.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 1,744 m / 5,720 ft | =1,271 of 43,403 | #165 in Africa | #1 in SO |
| Age | Opened 1950 | =3,626 of 15,079 | =43 in Africa | #1 in SO |

## Nearby airports

- [LKR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/so-0008.md) Las Khorey Airport · 108 km / 67 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Erigavo Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Erigavo_Airport&oldid=1363036100), revision of 7 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/hcmu/data