Egal International Airport
Egal International Airport
Egal International Airport (IATA: HGA, ICAO: HCMH) (Somali: Madaarka Caalamiga ee Cigaal Arabic: ???? ???? ??????) is an airport in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, named after Somaliland's second president Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal. In 2002 the airport handled 85,800 passengers and 4,300 tons of cargo over a total of 6,120 landings. The airport underwent major renovations in 2012–2013.
Location
9.514°N, 44.083°E · 1.363 m s. n. m. (4.471 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
History
The airport was opened in 1954 by the British RAF. An expansion program was launched shortly afterwards, and by 1958, a taxiway, parking area and terminal building had been built. The airport was modernized in the 1980s by the Siad Barre administration so as to accommodate larger aircraft and offer more flight destinations.
During the events leading up to and comprising the Somali Civil War in the early 1990s, the airport's infrastructure was significantly damaged. However, the facility was gradually rehabilitated over the next several years.
The airport was later renamed Egal Airport after the veteran politician Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal. He served as Somalia's prime minister in the early 1960s during the country's post-independence civilian administration, before later becoming the second president of Somaliland.
In 2012, the airport's routes were temporarily suspended as its runway underwent major renovations, funded by the Somaliland authorities, Kuwait Fund and USAID. The facility was later reopened on 17 August 2013, with enlarged arrival and departure terminals, as well as five new wind turbines. An installed wind data monitoring station will also assist in powering the airport.
Airlines operating here · 6
Other airlines with direct routes
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). Egal International Airport (HGA). Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/HGA
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“Egal International Airport (HGA).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/HGA. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
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Harvard
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BibTeX
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author = {{Vuelopedia}},
title = {{Egal International Airport (HGA)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
url = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/HGA},
howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/HGA}},
urldate = {2026-10-24},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-24}
}Wikipedia
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