JIJHAJJ

Gerad Wilwal International Airport

Jijiga, Ethiopia

Africa Africa/Addis_Ababa

3direct destinations

1airlines

1runway

2,500 mLongest runway

Gerad Wilwal Airport (IATA: JIJ, ICAO: HAJJ) (also known as Garaad Wiil-Waal Airport) is a public airport serving Jijiga, the capital city of the Somali Region in eastern Ethiopia. The airport is located at 09°19?56?N 42°54?43?E, which is 12 km (7 miles) east of the city. It is named after seventeenth-century jigjiga ruler Wiil Waal. Jijiga's original airfield is located northwest of the city center at 09°21?38?N 42°47?16?E.

Location

9.332°N, 42.912°E · 1.815 m s. n. m. (5.954 ft)

General data

CountryEthiopia

CityJijiga

IATA codeJIJ

ICAO codeHAJJ

Coordinates9.332°N, 42.912°E

Elevation1.815 m s. n. m. (5.954 ft)

Time zoneAfrica/Addis_Ababa

Runways1

Longest runway2,500 m

Direct destinations3

Runways · 1

3/21

Length2,500 m8,202 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

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

Airlines operating here · 1

Other airlines with direct routes

Ethiopian Airlines

Route network according to OpenFlights (open route database). It may not reflect recent schedule changes.

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, September 27). Gerad Wilwal International Airport (JIJ). Retrieved October 19, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/JIJ

MLA

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Chicago

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_jij,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Gerad Wilwal International Airport (JIJ)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-09-27},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/JIJ},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/JIJ}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-19},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-19}
}

Wikipedia

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