Lalibela Airport

{{Short description|Airport in Lalibela, Amhara Region, Ethiopia}}

{{Infobox airport

| name = Lalibela Airport

| nativename =

| image = HALL Terminal Building.jpg

| image-width = 250

| IATA = LLI

| ICAO = HALL

| type = Public

| owner =

| operator = Ethiopian Airports Enterprise

| city-served = Lalibela, Ethiopia

| location =

| metric-elev = y

| elevation-m = 1,958

| website =

| coordinates = {{coord|11|58|26|N|038|59|28|E|region:ET|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = Ethiopia

| pushpin_mapsize = 250

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ethiopia (Amhara region in red)

| pushpin_image = Amhara in Ethiopia.svg

| pushpin_label = HALL

| pushpin_label_position = right

| pushpin_mark = Steel_pog.svg

| pushpin_marksize = 11

| metric-rwy = y

| r1-number = 10/28

| r1-length-m = 2,400

| r1-surface = Asphalt

| footnotes = Sources:{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130217022229/http://www.worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=HALL Airport information for HALL]}} from DAFIF (effective October 2006){{GCM|LLI|source=DAFIF}}

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Lalibela Airport {{airport codes|LLI|HALL}} is a public airport serving Lalibela, a town in the Amhara Region of northern Ethiopia. The name of the town and airport may also be transliterated as Lalibella. The airport is located {{convert|23|km|0|abbr=in}} southwest of the town.{{cite web | url = http://www.ethiopianairports.com/LalibelaAirport.aspx | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101123143350/http://www.ethiopianairports.com/LalibelaAirport.aspx | url-status = dead | archive-date = November 23, 2010 | title = Lalibela Airport | publisher = Ethiopian Airports Enterprise }}

Facilities

The Lalibela Airport lies at an elevation of {{convert|1958|m|0}} above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 10/28, with an asphalt surface measuring {{convert|2400|x|53|m|0}}.

The main runway was rebuilt in 1997, at a cost of 53 million birr.{{cite web | url = http://www.africa.upenn.edu/eue_web/strp0897.htm | title = Monthly Situation Report for Ethiopia | date = August 1997 | publisher = UNDP Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia (UNDP-EUE) | accessdate = 20 January 2009}}

Airlines and destinations

{{Airport destination list

| {{nowrap|Ethiopian Airlines}} | Addis Ababa, Axum, Bahir Dar, Gondar{{cite web | url = http://www.ethiopianairlines.com/en/graphics/body/network/Domestic_Route_map.jpg | title = Domestic Route Map | publisher = Ethiopian Airlines}}

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Airport and incidents

=Ethiopian Civil War =

On 14 March 1975, a Douglas C-47 ET-ABR of Ethiopian Airlines was destroyed on the ground during a clash with rebels.{{cite web |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19750314-0 |title=ET-ABR Accident description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |accessdate=20 August 2010}}

References

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