# Asmara International Airport (ASM / HHAS)

**Asmara International Airport** (IATA: ASM, ICAO: HHAS) is a medium airport in Asmara, Northern Red Sea Region, Eritrea. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,000 m (9,842 ft). In 2004 it handled 137 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ASM / HHAS
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Asmara, Northern Red Sea Region, Eritrea
- Elevation: 2,335 m / 7,661 ft
- Coordinates: 15.2919, 38.9107
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,000 m / 9,842 ft
- Passengers: 136,526 (2004)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Africa/Asmara
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asmara_International_Airport (27 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q522898
- Weather station: HHAS · WMO 63021
- Ident: HHAS

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 3,000 m / 9,842 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 074° / 254° | yes |
| 12/30 | 1,814 m / 5,951 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 120° / 300° |  |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (7)

- [PZU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hspn.md) Port Sudan New International Airport · Sudan · 494 km / 307 mi · Tarco Aviation
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 711 km / 442 mi · Flynas
- [JUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hjjj.md) Juba International Airport · South Sudan · 1,407 km / 874 mi · Turkish Airlines
- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 1,818 km / 1,130 mi · EgyptAir
- [AUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omaa.md) Zayed International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 1,932 km / 1,200 mi · Etihad Airways
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 2,040 km / 1,268 mi · flydubai
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 3,051 km / 1,896 mi · Turkish Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- B8 [Eritrean Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eritrean-airlines)

### Passenger (6)

- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 2
- MS [EgyptAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/egyptair) · 1
- EY [Etihad Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/etihad-airways) · 1
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1
- XY [Flynas](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flynas) · 1
- 3T [Tarco Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tarco-aviation) · 1

Former hub of [Nasair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nasair).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 137K (2004) | #1,702 of 3,974 | #114 in Africa |  |
| Longest runway | 3,000 m / 9,842 ft | =1,325 of 29,858 | =226 in Africa | #3 in ER |
| Elevation | 2,335 m / 7,661 ft | #325 of 43,403 | #20 in Africa | #2 in ER |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =24 in Africa | #1 in ER |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 120.700 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [HHGU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hhgu.md) Gura Airfield · 33 km / 20 mi
- [MSW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hhms.md) Massawa International Airport · 65 km / 40 mi
- [HHAK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hhak.md) Adi Keyh Airfield · 71 km / 44 mi
- [HHKN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/er-0006.md) Keren Airfield · 76 km / 47 mi
- [HHAG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hhag.md) Agordat Airport · 115 km / 72 mi
- [ER-0003](https://dromopedia.com/airports/er-0003.md) Dahlak West Airfield · 125 km / 78 mi

## In collections

- [Highest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/highest) #59

## 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: “Asmara International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asmara_International_Airport&oldid=1366667126), revision of 29 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/hhas/data