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Addis Ababa Bole International Airport አዲስ አበባ ቦሌ ዓለም አቀፍ አውሮፕላን ማረፊያ
Terminal 2
IATA: ADD ICAO: HAAB
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Ethiopian Airports Enterprise
Serves	Addis Ababa
Location	Bole, Ethiopia
Hub for	Ethiopian Airlines
Elevation AMSL	2,334 m / 7,656 ft
Website	www.ethiopianairports.com
Map
ADD Location of airport in Ethiopia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 07R/25L 4,725 15,502 Asphalt 07L/25R 4,604 15,301 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Passengers 3,780,928
Source: List of the busiest airports in Africa

Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (IATA: ADD, ICAO: HAAB) serves the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The airport is located in the Bole area, 6 km (3.7 mi) south east of Addis Ababa City Centre and 65 km (40 mi) north of Debre Zeyit. Formerly known as Haile Selassie I International Airport, it is the main hub of Ethiopian Airlines, the national airline which has service to destinations in Ethiopia and throughout the African continent, as well as nonstop service to Asia, Europe, and North America. Bole International Airport has been viewed by many carriers as a gateway to Africa, thus making it a potential connecting airport to other parts of Africa via Ethiopian Airlines' African network. It is a hub for many local chartered flights. It is also one of the main pilot training and aircraft maintenance centers in Africa.

Bole International Airport is one of the busiest airports in Africa with 3,497,847 passengers recorded in 2009. To accommodate the growing traffic volume, Bole airport has become the third largest airport in Africa by area. By 2011, the airport had become the 3rd busiest airport in the Africa by cargo traffic, registering 2,420,997 tonnes. The airport is capable of accommodating the Airbus A380-800.^[1]

In 2003, a new international passenger terminal opened, one of the largest on the continent. This accompanied the completion of a new runway, which, at 4,725 metres (15,502 ft), is one of the longest in Africa. It compares with OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, whose longest runway measures 4,418 metres (14,495 ft). The runway after completion will be used by both the civilian airport and the Ethiopian Air Force whose new base will be situated on the southern side of the runway. Cargo, hangar and hotel construction expansion is underway by Chinese state-owned companies.

Ethiopian Airlines passengers are offered two lounges at Bole International Airport. Cloud Nine passengers can wait for the departure of flights at the Cloud Nine Lounge, where they are provided with a wide variety of amenities, as well as personal computers or wireless connection.

The air traffic growth at the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport has prompted the Ethiopian Airport Enterprise to plan to build a new international airport between Modjo and Meki towns on the Hawassa road. Bole International Airport will be used for regional flights, VIP flights and for those who are involved in general aviation services (private airlines who provide none schedule flights). The new airport would accommodate long haul international flights. The Addis Ababa Bole International Airport currently accommodates more than 150 flights per day.

The Enterprise has informed the Ethiopian Roads Authority to consider the plan to build the new international airport in developing new road network. The enterprise wants ERA to build a new road that stretches from Addis Ababa to the new airport and the road to Hawassa via Zequala Bishoftu

The airport has two terminals with a total of 11 gates, plus 8 remote aircraft parking stands behind both Terminals. Terminal 1 has 4 gates and Terminal 2 has 7 gates. Terminal 1 serves Domestic and Regional flights for Ethiopian Airlines, EgyptAir , Sudan Airways, and Yemenia. Terminal 2 serves International flights and the rest of the airlines that serve the airport.^[2][3] Expansion of the runway, terminals and hangars are under construction by Chinese companies. The airport just recently added about 14 more remote aircraft parking stands to address air traffic congestion due to the growing increase in the number of international traffic. When the full expansion is completed, the airport will have expanded parking stands for aircraft, two cargo mega terminals, an airport free zone, an expo centre with three large exhibition halls, a major aircraft maintenance hub and a flower center to handle perishable goods as well as five star hotel to accommodate transit passengers. The baggage handling system - largest system and also the deepest in Africa - has a handling capacity of 11,000 bags per hour.

• On 18 March 1980, Douglas C-47B ET-AGM of Ethiopian Airlines crashed whilst on a single engined approach to Bole International Airport. The aircraft was on a training flight.^[4]

• List of the busiest airports in Africa by passenger traffic

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