Airport · Somalia
Aden Adde International Airport
A large airport with scheduled flights, serving Mogadishu.
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Banaadir 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
- MGQ · HCMM
- Serves
- Mogadishu
- 5 km in a straight line
- Local time
- Africa/Mogadishu
- Elevation
- 9 m
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 3,184 m
- From DXB
- 2,800 km
- 4 hrs 5 mins · Estimate
Facts
MGQ at a glance
From OurAirports (public domain), with the time zone of the place it serves.
- Codes
- IATA MGQICAO HCMM
- Size
- Large
- Serves
- Mogadishu
- To the city centre
- 5 km in a straight line
- Elevation
- 9 m (29 ft)
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 3,184 m
- Time zone
- Africa/Mogadishu
- Links
- Wikipedia
- When to go
- Mogadishu, month by month
How far it is from the UAE
MGQ from the UAE
From DXBMGQ
2,800 km
4 hrs 5 mins · Estimate
From AUHMGQ
2,690 km
3 hrs 55 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.
Facts
Practical facts
The currency, plugs and emergency numbers of Somalia, where the airport is, and its clock right now.
- Local time
- Africa/Mogadishu
- Country
- Somalia
- Currency
- Somali Shilling SOSToday's indicative rate: SOS 100 ≈ USD 0.175Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Plugs
- Type C220 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 555ambulance888police999fireAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Calling code · Driving
- +252 · On the right
Travel advice
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Banaadir 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)