Gode Airport

{{Short description|Airport in Gode, Ethiopia}}

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| name = Gode Airport

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| IATA = GDE

| ICAO = HAGO

| pushpin_map = Ethiopia

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Ethiopia

| pushpin_label = GDE

| pushpin_label_position = right

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| type = Public

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| city-served = Gode, Ethiopia

| location = Gode

| elevation-f = 830

| elevation-m = 254

| coordinates = {{coord|5|56|07|N|43|34|43|E|type:airport|display=inline,title}}

| website =

| r1-number = 04/22

| r1-length-f = 7,500

| r1-length-m = 2,280

| r1-surface = Asphalt

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| footnotes = Source: DAFIF database

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Gode Airport, which is named Ugaas Mirad Ugaas Leyli Airport, {{Airport codes|GDE|HAGO}} is a public airport in the city of Gode, in eastern Ethiopia. The airport is located at an elevation of 254 meters above sea level. Its only runway, with an asphalt surface, is 2,288 meters in length and 35 meters wide.Figures are from the last publicly accessible version of the DAFIF database.

Construction of the airport began in 1965 by the Swedish construction firm Skanska, and was formally inaugurated by Emperor Haile Selassie on 10 June 1966. Although originally a military air base, Gode Airport was afterwards also used for civil flights.[http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/g/ORTGIR.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528061005/http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/g/ORTGIR.pdf |date=May 28, 2008 }} (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 21 November 2007)