Gode Airport, which is named Ugaas Mirad Ugaas Leyli Airport, is a public airport in the city of Gode, in eastern

Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

. 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. Construction of the airport began in 1965 by the Swedish construction firm Skanska, and was formally inaugurated by Emperor

Haile Selassie Haile Selassie I (born Tafari Makonnen or ''Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles#Lij, Lij'' Tafari; 23 July 189227 August 1975) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as the Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles, Rege ...

on 10 June 1966. Although originally a military air base, Gode Airport was afterwards also used for civil flights."Local History in Ethiopia"
(pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 21 November 2007)

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