Lalibela Airport
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Lalibela Airport is an airport in Lalibela
, Ethiopia
. Located at an elevation of 1958 meters above sea level, this airport has one asphalt runway 2435 meters long by 53 wide. The main runway was rebuilt in 1997 at a cost of 53 million Birr
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Hall
In architecture, a hall is fundamentally a relatively large space enclosed by a roof and walls. In the Iron Age, a mead hall was such a simple building and was the residence of a lord and his retainers...
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Lalibela Airport is an airport in Lalibela
Lalibela
Lalibela is a town in northern Ethiopia, known for its monolithic churches. Lalibela is one of Ethiopia's holiest cities, second only to Aksum, and is a center of pilgrimage for much of the country. Unlike Aksum, the population of Lalibela is almost completely Ethiopian Orthodox Christian...
, Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
. Located at an elevation of 1958 meters above sea level, this airport has one asphalt runway 2435 meters long by 53 wide. The main runway was rebuilt in 1997 at a cost of 53 million Birr
Ethiopian birr
The birr is the unit of currency in Ethiopia. Before 1976, dollar was the official English translation of birr. Today, it is officially birr in English as well....
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Scheduled services
Accidents and incidents
- On 14 March 1975, Douglas C-47 ET-ABR of Ethiopian AirlinesEthiopian AirlinesEthiopian Airlines , formerly Ethiopian Air Lines, often referred to as simply Ethiopian, is an airline headquartered on the grounds of Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It serves as the country's flag carrier, and is wholly owned by the Government of Ethiopia...
was destroyed on the ground during a clash with rebels.