AXUHAAX

Axum Airport

Axum, Ethiopia · Africa

Africa Africa/Addis_Ababa

3direct destinations

1airlines

1runway

2,400 mLongest runway

Axum Airport (Tigrinya: ???? ???? ???? ???? ????) (IATA: AXU, ICAO: HAAX), also known as Emperor Yohannes IV Airport, is a public airport serving Axum, a city in the northern Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The name of the city and airport may also be transliterated as Aksum. The facility is located 5.5 km (3.4 miles) to the east of the city. The airport is named after Yohannes IV, the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1872 to 1889. The airport was heavily damaged by Tigray People's Liberation Front forces during the Tigray conflict in November 2020.

Location

14.147°N, 38.773°E · 2.121 m s. n. m. (6.959 ft)

General data

CountryEthiopia

CityAxum

IATA codeAXU

ICAO codeHAAX

Coordinates14.147°N, 38.773°E

Elevation2.121 m s. n. m. (6.959 ft)

Time zoneAfrica/Addis_Ababa

Runways1

Longest runway2,400 m

Direct destinations3

Runways · 1

16/34

Length2,400 m7,874 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 1

Tower

118.300

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

Airlines operating here · 1

Other airlines with direct routes

Ethiopian Airlines

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Axum Airport (AXU). Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/AXU

MLA

“Axum Airport (AXU).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/AXU. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_axu,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Axum Airport (AXU)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/AXU},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/AXU}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-23},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-23}
}

Wikipedia

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