# Assab International Airport (ASA / HHSB)

**Assab International Airport** (IATA: ASA, ICAO: HHSB) is a medium airport in Assab, Southern Red Sea Region, Eritrea. It has one runway, 3,515 m (11,531 ft) long, paved.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ASA / HHSB
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Assab, Southern Red Sea Region, Eritrea
- Elevation: 14 m / 46 ft
- Coordinates: 13.0718, 42.6450
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,515 m / 11,531 ft
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Africa/Asmara
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assab_International_Airport (21 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q607789
- Weather station: HHSB
- Ident: HHSB

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 3,515 m / 11,531 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Paved | 120° / 300° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,515 m / 11,531 ft | #468 of 29,858 | #63 in Africa | #1 in ER |
| Elevation | 14 m / 46 ft | =39,495 of 43,403 | =2,972 in Africa | #12 in ER |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =2 in ER |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 118.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [HHBL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hhbl.md) Beilul Airfield · 36 km / 22 mi
- [YE-0013](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ye-0013.md) Sayma Airfield · 89 km / 55 mi
- [YE-0018](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ye-0018.md) Perim Air Base · 94 km / 59 mi
- [YE-0024](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ye-0024.md) Al Maha New · 96 km / 60 mi
- [YE-0002](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ye-0002.md) Perim / Mayyun East Airfield · 97 km / 60 mi
- [HDAG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hdag.md) Assa-Gueyla Airport · 98 km / 61 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)
- [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/hhsb/data