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Egal International Airport

Hargeisa, Somalia

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Egal International Airport

Hargeisa, Somalia

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Somaliland's primary international gateway serving Hargeisa.

Location

Hargeisa, Somalia

Egal International Airport, designated with IATA code HGA and ICAO code HCMH, is the main commercial airport serving Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, a self-declared republic in northwestern Somalia. It serves as the principal air hub for the region, handling both international and domestic passenger traffic. The airport is named after Mohamed Ibrahim Egal, a former Prime Minister of Somalia and later President of Somaliland. It has undergone periodic upgrades to improve its capacity and infrastructure to meet growing regional demand. Despite Somaliland's unrecognized international status, the airport maintains scheduled international connections to several East African and Middle Eastern destinations, playing a critical economic and humanitarian role for the region.

Terminals

The airport has a single passenger terminal handling both international and domestic operations.

Getting to & from

Ground transport between the airport and Hargeisa city center is primarily served by taxis and private vehicles, as no formal public transit link exists.

Airlines here

Airlines operating at HGA have included Ethiopian Airlines, Jubba Airways, and Daallo Airlines, among other regional carriers.

Notable facts

›Named after Mohamed Ibrahim Egal, a prominent Somali and Somaliland political leader.
›Serves as the de facto international airport of Somaliland, an unrecognized self-declared state.
›The airport handles significant humanitarian and aid cargo given the region's development challenges.
›Elevation is approximately 4,423 feet (1,348 meters) above sea level.
›Has hosted international charter and relief flights in addition to scheduled commercial services.

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Airlines serving this airport

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HGA → WJRB5 · CRJ

HGA → JIBD3 · 321

HGA → MGQD3 · 321

HGA → ADDET · DH8

HGA → MGQJU · 737

HGA → BBOXU · M82

HGA → WJRXU · EM2

Aircraft operating here

Airbus A3212 routes CRJ1 routes DH81 routes Boeing 7371 routes McDonnell Douglas MD-821 routes Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia1 routes

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Encyclopaedia

Egal International Airport is an airport in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, named after Somaliland's second president Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal. In 2002 the airport handled 85,800 passengers and 4,300 tons of cargo over a total of 6,120 landings. The airport underwent major renovations in 2012–2013.

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