Axum Airport (Tigrinya: ኣኽሱም ዮሃንስ ራብዓይ መዕረፍ ነፈርቲ) (IATA: AXU, ICAO: HAAX), also known as Emperor Yohannes IV Airport,^[1] is a public airport serving Axum,^[2] a city in the northern Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The name of the city and airport may also be transliterated as Aksum. The facility is located 5.5 km (3.4 miles) to the east of the city.^[1]

Quick Facts Axum Emperor Yohannes IV Airport ኣኽሱም ዮሃንስ ራብዓይ መዕረፍ ነፈርቲ, Summary ...

Axum Emperor Yohannes IV Airport ኣኽሱም ዮሃንስ ራብዓይ መዕረፍ ነፈርቲ
IATA: AXU ICAO: HAAX
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority
Operator	Ethiopian Airports Enterprise
Serves	Axum, Ethiopia
Elevation AMSL	2,108 m / 6,916 ft
Coordinates	14°08′13″N 038°46′34″E
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HAAX Location in Ethiopia (Tigray region in red)
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 16/34 2,400 7,874 Asphalt concrete
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The airport is named after Yohannes IV, the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1872 to 1889.

The airport was heavily damaged by Tigray People's Liberation Front forces during the Tigray conflict in November 2020.^[4]

Axum Airport lies at an elevation of 2,108 metres (6,916 ft) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34, with an asphalt concrete surface measuring 2,400 by 45 metres (7,874 ft × 148 ft).^[1] It is capable of receiving very large aircraft, such as the Antonov 124, which brought the Axum Obelisk back from Italy in 2005.

On 2 May 1988, a Douglas C-47A ET-AGT of Ethiopian Airlines was destroyed on the ground in an attack on the airport by Ethiopian Air Force MiG-23s during the Ethiopian Civil War.^[6]