Herkale Airport

Herkale Airport (ICAO: HDHE) is an airstrip 7 kilometres (4 mi) northwest of the hamlet of Khôr ‘Angar in Djibouti. Khôr ‘Angar is by the Bab-el-Mandeb strait, the entrance to the Red Sea.

Herkale Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorDirectorate of Civil Aviation and Meteorology
ServesKhôr ‘Angar, Djibouti
Elevation AMSL38 ft / 12 m
Coordinates12°26′30″N 43°17′30″E
Map
HDHE
Location of the airport in Djibouti
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 1,485 4,872 Dirt
Source: Google Maps[1] GCM[2]

The Assab non-directional beacon (Ident: SB) is located 53.2 nautical miles (99 km) northwest of the airstrip. The Djibouti VOR-DME (Ident: DTI) is located 55.1 nautical miles (102 km) south-southwest of the airstrip.[3][4]

Google Earth Historical Imagery (10/14/2001) shows a well-marked runway. The markings are deteriorating in the (10/25/2010) image, and gone by (5/19/2016).

See also

References
  1. Google Maps - Herkale
  2. Airport information for Herkale Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. "Assab NDB". Our Airports. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  4. "Djibouti VOR". SkyVector. Retrieved 19 January 2019.


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