Madaxkuti
FieldMarshalMadaxkuti
Firstly, I found out that hargeisa airport has now overtaken mogadishu airport in terms of passenger flights( Obviously mogadishu airport has more military and UN flights). It has more arrivals and departures (for passenger flights) than mogadishu and more international airlines fly there. See below for mogadishu, hargeisa and bosaso comparison in terms of arrivals
Hargeisa has 10 arrivals whereas mogadishu has 7 and bosaso 4
Its not surprising because hargeisa is more peaceful so more foreigners and diaspora are likely to go there but hargeisa also has a high catchment area. Not only do people from SL use it but ddsi folks also use it as well. Remember that Jigjiga is only a 2 hour drive from hargeisa. Also its cheaper and less hassle to fly to hargeisa and drive rather than fly to addis wait for the plane then fly to jigjiga. Obviously people located in deep ddsi like gode etc wont use hargeisa but the jigjiga area has a high population.
Also surprisingly from my experience there were people from PL using the hargeisa airport despite the new bosaso aiport just being opened. I put this down to people preferring to fly with fly dubai which flies daily to hargeisa rather than the unreliable daalo and jubba etc flying twice a week or so.
But I expect after the south and Mogadishu stabilize that mogadishu will overtake hargeisa again.
Also those 3 airports are the only ones which get regular international flights and the only ones that are up to international standards and can land an a380. The only issue with these airports apart from mogadishu are the terminals. Hargeisa for instance even though it has a runway and apron up to international standards has a small hotel like terminal. Usually the biggest buildings a city has are its airport terminals. For example dubai terminal 3 is the biggest building in the world by floor area. Don`t know about bosaso`s terminal but it looks small like hargeisa judging by pics
Judging from these satellite images bosaso airports runway and apron was really well done and looks impressive. Bosaso needs international airlines to serve it.
Bosaso airport
Hargeisa airport and mogadishu airport in comparison
Runways lengths:
Hargeisa airport 3.7km (Longest because airports at higher altitudes need longer runways)
Mogadishu airport 3.0Km
Bosaso airport 2.65Km
( Doesnt need to be that long because bosaso is at sea level so this length is enough for the biggest aircrafts)
@Xaax @Thegoodshepherd
Hargeisa has 10 arrivals whereas mogadishu has 7 and bosaso 4
Its not surprising because hargeisa is more peaceful so more foreigners and diaspora are likely to go there but hargeisa also has a high catchment area. Not only do people from SL use it but ddsi folks also use it as well. Remember that Jigjiga is only a 2 hour drive from hargeisa. Also its cheaper and less hassle to fly to hargeisa and drive rather than fly to addis wait for the plane then fly to jigjiga. Obviously people located in deep ddsi like gode etc wont use hargeisa but the jigjiga area has a high population.
Also surprisingly from my experience there were people from PL using the hargeisa airport despite the new bosaso aiport just being opened. I put this down to people preferring to fly with fly dubai which flies daily to hargeisa rather than the unreliable daalo and jubba etc flying twice a week or so.
But I expect after the south and Mogadishu stabilize that mogadishu will overtake hargeisa again.
Also those 3 airports are the only ones which get regular international flights and the only ones that are up to international standards and can land an a380. The only issue with these airports apart from mogadishu are the terminals. Hargeisa for instance even though it has a runway and apron up to international standards has a small hotel like terminal. Usually the biggest buildings a city has are its airport terminals. For example dubai terminal 3 is the biggest building in the world by floor area. Don`t know about bosaso`s terminal but it looks small like hargeisa judging by pics
Judging from these satellite images bosaso airports runway and apron was really well done and looks impressive. Bosaso needs international airlines to serve it.
Bosaso airport
Hargeisa airport and mogadishu airport in comparison
Runways lengths:
Hargeisa airport 3.7km (Longest because airports at higher altitudes need longer runways)
Mogadishu airport 3.0Km
Bosaso airport 2.65Km
( Doesnt need to be that long because bosaso is at sea level so this length is enough for the biggest aircrafts)
@Xaax @Thegoodshepherd
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it got a lot cheaper. It use to be around 150 from Dubai to Bosaso. Dubai-Bosaso is cheaper than Dubai-Hargeisa, which makes sense proximity wise. But in the past travelling to Bosaso was more expensive.
