Jijiga Gerad Wilwal Airport

Coordinates: 09°19′51″N 042°54′40″E / 9.33083°N 42.91111°E

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Gerad Wilwal Airport

IATA: JIJ
ICAO: HAJJ

Summary

Airport type

Public

Operator

Ethiopian Airports Enterprise

Serves

Jijiga, Ethiopia

Elevation AMSL

5,937 ft / 1,810 m

Coordinates

09°19′51″N 042°54′40″E / 9.33083°N 42.91111°E

Map

HAJJ

Location in Ethiopia (Somali region in red)

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
03/21	2,500	8,202	Asphalt

Source:,^[1]^[2] STV^[3]

Gerad Wilwal Airport (IATA: JIJ, ICAO: HAJJ) (also known as Garaad Wiil-Waal Airport) is a public airport serving Jijiga, the capital city of the Somali Region in eastern Ethiopia. The airport is located at 09°19′56″N 42°54′43″E / 9.33222°N 42.91194°E / 9.33222; 42.91194 (Garaad Wiil-waal Airport (new)), which is 12 km (7 miles) east of the city.^[1] It is named after seventeenth-century jigjiga ruler Garad Wiil-Waal.^[4]

Jijiga's original airfield is located northwest of the city center at 09°21′38″N 42°47′16″E / 9.36056°N 42.78778°E / 9.36056; 42.78778 (Garaad Wiil-waal Airport (old)).

History

The first airfield at Jijiga was constructed in 1929. An airplane crash at Jijiga in July 1930 involved the eighth or ninth aircraft introduced to Ethiopia; it was the second airplane disaster in the country. The plane was a Fiat AS-1 with 85 hp engine, a training airplane bought in 1929. The first tests in air pilot training in Ethiopia were passed at the Garad Wilwal Airport by Mishka Babitcheff and Asfaw Ali on 1 and 4 September 1930.^[5]

By the 1990s, the Garad Wilwal Airport was one of 10 bases of the Ethiopian Air Force.^[5]

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 5,937 feet (1,810 m) above mean sea level. The airport's only runway, designated 03/21, has an asphalt surface and measures 2,400 by 45 metres (7,874 ft × 148 ft).^[1]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa, Gode^[6]^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Garaad Wiil-waal Airport". Ethiopian Airports Enterprise. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
^ Airport information for Jijiga, Ethiopia (HAJJ / JIJ) at Great Circle Mapper.
^ Airport information for Wilwal International Airport at Transport Search website.
^ Powers, Lyall (2 November 2012). Alien Heart: The Life and Work of Margaret Laurence. Univ. of Manitoba Press. p. 127. ISBN 9780887553110.
^ ^a ^b "Local History in Ethiopia" (PDF). The Nordic Africa Institute. Retrieved 31 May 2008.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Domestic Scheduled Services". Retrieved 21 January 2024.
^ "List of destinations & airlines from Jijiga Airport". FlightsFrom.com.

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Accident history for JIJ at Aviation Safety Network

v t e Main airports in Ethiopia
International	Addis Ababa Dire Dawa
Domestic	Arba Minch Asosa Awasa Axum Bahir Dar Combolcha Gambela Gode Gondar Humera Jijiga Jimma Kabri Dar Lalibela Mek'ele Robe Semera Shire
Military	Lideta Harar Neghelle

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