Airport · Ethiopia
Bahir Dar Airport
A medium airport with scheduled flights, serving Bahir Dar.
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Amhara at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)
- Codes
- BJR · HABD
- Serves
- Bahir Dar
- 7.7 km in a straight line
- Local time
- Africa/Addis_Ababa
- Elevation
- 1,822 m
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 3,000 m
- From DXB
- 2,430 km
- 3 hrs 35 mins · Estimate
Facts
BJR at a glance
From OurAirports (public domain), with the time zone of the place it serves.
- Codes
- IATA BJRICAO HABD
- Size
- Medium
- Serves
- Bahir Dar
- To the city centre
- 7.7 km in a straight line
- Elevation
- 1,822 m (5,978 ft)
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 3,000 m
- Time zone
- Africa/Addis_Ababa
- Links
- Wikipedia
- When to go
- Bahir Dar, month by month
How far it is from the UAE
BJR from the UAE
From DXBBJR
2,430 km
3 hrs 35 mins · Estimate
From AUHBJR
2,320 km
3 hrs 30 mins · Estimate
The great-circle distance, and a rough flying time: the distance at an average 850 km/h plus 45 minutes for take-off and landing. Real flights follow airways, meet headwinds and wait for traffic, so schedules differ.
Airports
Other airports near BJR
Facts
Practical facts
The currency, plugs and emergency numbers of Ethiopia, where the airport is, and its clock right now.
- Local time
- Africa/Addis_Ababa
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Currency
- Ethiopian Birr ETBToday's indicative rate: ETB 100 ≈ USD 0.62Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Plugs
- Type C, E, F, J and L220 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 907ambulance911general emergency939fire991policeAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Calling code · Driving
- +251 · On the right
Travel advice
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Amhara at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)