Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport

Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport (IATA: HAH, ICAO: FMCH) (French: Aéroport international Moroni Prince Saïd Ibrahim, AIMPSI) is an international airport serving Moroni in Comoros. It is named after Prince Saïd Ibrahim. It is located north of the village of Hahaya.

Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport

Moroni Hahaya International Airport
Air Tanzania B737 at the airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesMoroni
LocationHahaya, Comoros
Hub forComores Aviation
Elevation AMSL28 m / 92 ft
Coordinates11°32′12″S 43°16′17″E
Map
HAH
Location of airport in Comoros
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
02/20 2,900 9,514 Asphalt

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
AB Aviation Anjouan, Dar es Salaam, Dzaoudzi, Moheli
Air Austral Saint-Denis de la Réunion
Air Madagascar Antananarivo, Majunga
Air Tanzania Dar es Salaam
Ethiopian Airlines1 Addis Ababa[1]
Ewa Air Dzaoudzi
Kenya Airways Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta
Madagasikara Airways Antananarivo, Majunga
Turkish Airlines2 Seasonal: Istanbul[2]
Notes

^1 : Ethiopian Airlines's flight from Addis Ababa to Moroni stops in Dar es Salaam, but the airline does not have fifth freedom rights on the DAR – HAH sector.

^2 : Turkish Airlines's flight from Moroni to Istanbul stops in Seychelles, but the airline does not have fifth freedom rights on the SEZ – HAH sector.

Accidents and incidents
  • On 23 November 1996, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961, a Boeing 767-200ER flying from Addis Ababa to Abidjan with several stopovers was hijacked over Ethiopia by three Ethiopians seeking asylum in Australia. The plane crash-landed in the water three hours later when it ran out of fuel. 125 of the 175 passengers and crew were killed, including the three hijackers. The pilot's initial decision to land at the airport was thwarted due to the fuel starvation.
  • On 30 June 2009, Yemenia Flight 626, flying from Yemen to Moroni crashed into the Indian Ocean while on final approach to the airport. 152 out of the 153 people on board were killed.[3]
  • On 27 November 2012 an Int'Air Îles Embraer EMB 120ER Brasilia (registration number D6-HUA) was underway from Moroni to Anjouan (both in Comoros Islands) on a charter flight with 25 passengers and 4 crew, when after taking off from Moroni's Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport it lost height, and while attempting to return to the airport, waterlanded 200 meters off the coast, about 5 km north of the airport. Local fishermen rescued everybody on board. There were only minor injuries.[4]

While the runway is considered long enough for modern jetliners, landings can still prove difficult because of frequently changing weather conditions and the surrounding mountains of the island.

References
  1. 2017, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Ethiopian Airlines adds Comores operation from Nov 2016". Retrieved 7 September 2017.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Turkish Airlines adds seasonal Comoros service in S18". Retrieved 10 May 2018.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. Thorpe. The Pearson Concise General Knowledge Manual 2010 (New Edition). Pearson Education India. pp. 146–. ISBN 978-81-317-2766-9.
  4. Simon Hradecky. "Accident: Inter Iles E120 near Moroni on Nov 27th 2012, engine trouble, ditched in the Ocean". Aviation Herald. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
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