Shatigadud International Airport Baidoa Somalia (IATA: BIB[3], ICAO: HCMB) is an airport serving Baidoa, the capital city of the Bay region in Somalia.[1][2]
The airport was built in the 1960s, and at the time was 8,800 feet long and 150 feet wide, before being resurfaced with asphalt and lengthened to 9,600 feet in 1974 with Soviet support.[4][5]
By June 1975 it was home to a squadron of at least 6 Somali Air Force Mig-21's, and 2 Il-28 bombers.[6]
^ ab"BAIDOA" (PDF). Operation Somalia: Airfield Specifications. Logistics Cluster. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
^ abAirport information for Baidoa, Somalia (IATA: BIB, ICAO: HCMB) at Great Circle Mapper.
^
"IATA Airport Code Search (BIB: Baidoa)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
^"NEW AND CHANGE TARGETS MISSION" (PDF). Central Intelligence Agency. 1 March 1966. p. 18. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
^"AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION IN SOMALIA" (PDF). Central Intelligence Agency. 1 January 1974. p. 3. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
^"MILITARY/ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA APRIL-JUNE 1975" (PDF). Central Intelligence Agency. 1 June 1975. p. 6. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
International AirportBaidoa Somalia (IATA: BIB, ICAO: HCMB) is an airport serving Baidoa, the capital city of the Bay region in Somalia. The airport was built...
Baidoa (Arabic: بيدوا, Somali: [Af-Maxaa: Baydhabo, Maay: Baydhowy) is the largest city of the South West State of Somalia. Between 2002 and 2014, Baidoa...
charter planes, and Turkish Airlines. The airport also offers flights to other Somali cities such as Baidoa, Galkayo, Berbera and Hargeisa, as well as...
Brasilia that was on approach to Berdale on a chartered cargo flight from BaidoaAirport, Somalia on 4 May 2020 when it was allegedly shot down by ground troops...
Said Nur Qailie. Previously headquartered at the Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu, Somalia, it is now based in Nairobi, Kenya, with additional...
Hargeisa, the Kismayo Airport in Kismayo, the BaidoaAirport in Baidoa, and the Bender Qassim International Airport in Bosaso. Established in 1964, Somali Airlines...
July 8, 2008, al-Shabaab launched a midnight attack on Baidoa's presidential palace, airport and parliament with rockets and mortars, killing 11 soldiers...
This is a list of airports in Somalia, sorted by location. As of 2012, Somalia has 62 airports, 7 of these have paved runways. Among the latter, four have...
wrecks were seen at Mogadishu airport. Three Hawker Hunters (serial numbers 704, 705 and 711) were seen at BaidoaAirport by Australian forces during the...
Airways on a domestic flight from Baidoa to Mogadishu crashed while landing on runway 5 at Aden Adde International Airport, Mogadishu, Somalia. All 36 occupants...
The Battle of Baidoa began on 20 December 2006 when the Somali transitional federal government forces (TFG) allied with Ethiopian forces stationed there...
General Mohamed Abshir Airport (IATA: GGR, ICAO: HCGR) is an airport serving Garowe, the administrative capital of the autonomous Puntland region in northeastern...
around Baidoa and lacking any troops of its own the TFG requested foreign support. On 20 July 2006, Ethiopia deployed hundreds of troops to Baidoa. This...
Research, Ethiopian forces around Baidoa were estimated to number about a division of 12,000 soldiers. Baidoaairport hosted a squadron of helicopters...
International Airport Hargeisa International Airport Abdullahi Yusuf International Airport Burao Airport Kismayo Airport Berbera Airport List of airports in Somalia...
Kismayo Airport (IATA: KMU, ICAO: HCMK), also known as Kisimayu Airport, is an international airport serving Kismayo, the capital city of the Lower Juba...
List of airports in Somalia Airport information for Alula Airport at Great Circle Mapper. Google Maps - Alula Airport OpenStreetMap - Alula Airport OurAirports...
Bardera Airport (IATA: BSY, ICAO: HCMD) is an airport serving Bardera, a city in the southern Gedo region in Somalia. The airport resides at an elevation...
Abudwak Airport (Somali: (Garoonka Diyaaradaha ee Caabudwaaq), is an airport serving Abudwak and nearby residents including across border, a highly populated...
Dusmareb Airport also known as Ugaas Noor Airport or Ugaas Nuur Airport is an airport serving Dusmareb, the capital city of Galmudug state and the central...
Adado Airport (IATA: AAD, ICAO: HCAD), also known as Cadaado Airport (Somali: Gegada Diyaaradaha Cadaado), is an airport serving the town of Adado in Adado...
Baidoa by the massed ICU forces stationed in Burhakaba. Residents in Baidoa began fleeing the city, in fear of the fighting spilling over into Baidoa...
Abdullahi Yusuf Airport (IATA: GLK, ICAO: HCMR), formerly known as the Galkayo Airport, is an airport located in Galkayo, the capital of the north-central...
Guriel Airport (IATA: GUO) (Somali: Gegada Diyaaradah Guriceel) is an airport serving Guriel, Galgaduud, Somalia. List of airports in Somalia "Guriel...
Obbia Airport (IATA: CMO, ICAO: HCMO) is an airstrip serving Hobyo, Somalia. The facility has a single runway has a non-hardened surface and lies parallel...
of the Somali Sea, though the state administration is currently based in Baidoa. The South West state is bordered to the north by Ethiopia, to the west...
forces loyal to him attacked and occupied the city of Baidoa. Aidid's forces remained in control of Baidoa from September 1995 to at least January 1996, while...
Global Information
