Abdullahi Yusuf Airport
Abdullahi Yusuf Airport Garoonka Diyaaradaha ee Cabdillahi Yuusuf مطار عبد الله يوسف | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public/Military | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | This Airport is administered by the Government of Puntland. It is the second largest airport in Somalia. The first one is located in Barbara and Galkacyo is the second.[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Galkayo, Somalia | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 975 ft / 297 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 06°46′51″N 047°27′16″E / 6.78083°N 47.45444°E | ||||||||||||||
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Abdullahi Yusuf Airport (IATA: GLK, ICAO: HCMR), formerly known as the Galkayo Airport, is an airport located in Galkayo, the capital of the north-central Mudug region of Somalia.
Overview
During the 1982 Ethiopian invasion, the airport was bombed by several waves of Ethiopian Air Force jets. The attackers launched bombs and rockets at both the runway and the anti-aircraft defenses protecting it, but missed their targets. The runway which at the time was in the process of being extended, was undamaged by the attack.[4]
Like most of Galkayo, the Abdullahi Yusuf Airport is administered by the autonomous Puntland government.[5] It has acted as a buffer zone between the []]'s . ]]s, ef name="Argapiis">"Africa Review - Galkayo: A peaceful island in Somalia". 20 July 2011. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2018.</ref>
On 25 March 2012, the facility was officially renamed in memory of the late Colonel Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, the former President of Somalia, who was born in Galkayo.[6]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Jubba Airways | Garowe, Mogadishu |
Accidents and incidents
| Date | Location | Aircraft | Tail number | Aircraft damage | Fatalities | Description | Refs |
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| 28 April 2012 | Galkayo | GR-Avia Antonov | 3X-GEB | W/O | 0/36 | A Jubba Airways aircraft on flight 6J-711 from Hargeisa to Galkayo veered right off runway 05L while landing in clear weather conditions. | [7] |
Non-aviation security incidents
On 7 April 2014 a Briton and a Frenchman working for the United Nations were shot dead by a man in a police uniform while they sat in their car at Galkayo airport. A U.N. mission spokesman said it was not clear who was behind the attack. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the U.N. Security Council both strongly condemned the attack and called on Somali authorities to bring the perpetrators to justice.[8]
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References
- ^ "Handy Galcaio airport information from Skyscanner".
- ^ Galcaio (GLK) Somalia Archived 19 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Accident: GR-Avia AN24 at Galkayo on Apr 28th 2012, burst tyres, veered off runway and broke up". The Aviation Herald.
- ^ Woodward, Peter; Forsyth, Murray Greensmith (1994). Conflict and Peace in the Horn of Africa: Federalism and Its Alternatives. Dartmouth Publishing Company. pp. 112–113. ISBN 978-1-85521-486-6.
- ^ Somalia: Puntland businessman elected new Galkayo mayor Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Somalia: Col. Abdullahi Yusuf Laid to Rest". Garowe Online (Garowe). 26 March 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ Accident: GR-Avia AN24 at Galkayo on Apr 28th 2012, burst tyres, veered off runway and broke up, The Aviation Herald, retrieved on 28 May 2012.
- ^ Two foreign U.N. workers killed in Somalia, Reuters.com, 7 April 2014. Accessed on 10 November 2020.
External links
- Galkayo: A peaceful island in Somalia Archived 10 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- Galcaio Airport or Galkayo Airport or Gaalkacyo Airport (GLK) Archived 22 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- Accident history for GLK at Aviation Safety Network
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