AviatDataAsmara International Airport ASM / HHAS
Asmara · ER · Eritrean Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA), under the Ministry of Transport and Communications — state-owned; the field is shared with the Eritrean Air Force, whose main base occupies the same airfield
137kpax · 2004
Limited hoursInternational · customs & immigrationJet A-1
ICAO / IATAHHAS / ASM
OperatorEritrean Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA), under the Ministry of Transport and Communications — state-owned; the field is shared with the Eritrean Air Force, whose main base occupies the same airfield
Coordinates15.2919°N, 38.9107°E
Elevation7,661 ft · 2,335 m
Time zoneEAT (UTC+3, no DST)
Passengers / yr136,526 (2004)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceHHAS — AIP Eritrea
Operating hoursTower and terminal operate around scheduled and military traffic rather than continuously; no confirmed H24 watch. PPR advisable for non-scheduled/GA movements given co-located Eritrean Air Force operations and Eritrea's tightly controlled airspace.
TerminalsSingle passenger terminal - check-in, immigration, customs, baggage hall, a small duty-free shop, a cafe/bar and a bookshop; apron boarding, no jet bridges.
Runways (2)
- 07/25 · 3,000 m / 9,842 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt
- 12/30 · 1,814 m / 5,951 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt
Airport contact
Eritrea's diplomatic isolation and tight state control of information leave ASM's public data thin: the only verified passenger count is 136,526, and per Wikipedia's sourcing that figure is from 2004 (+11.8% vs 2003), not 2018 as sometimes cited elsewhere - over two decades stale, long predating COVID and the route changes below. No independent eAIP or ECAA web presence could be confirmed, so terminal/fuel specifics rely on third-party aggregators rather than a primary source. Ethiopian Airlines' service did not end by mutual or voluntary suspension: Eritrea's Civil Aviation Authority ordered the airline off the route by 30 September 2024, citing chronic baggage theft/pilferage, damage, prolonged delays, uncompensated losses and unjustified fare hikes. National carrier Eritrean Airlines has had no scheduled flights since 2023 and remains banned from EU airspace since December 2012. The 2,335 m elevation, a 3,000 m primary runway (a shorter 1,814 m secondary, 12/30, is also on record), and a small terminal cap the aircraft types and traffic the field can realistically handle. Scheduled international service as of 2026 is EgyptAir (Cairo), flydubai (Dubai), Flynas (Jeddah), Turkish Airlines (Istanbul, continuing to Juba) and Tarco Air (Port Sudan), with Etihad due to add Abu Dhabi on 7 November 2026.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Unconfirmed
Eritrean Airlines
Real, currently non-operating flag carrier. Wikipedia confirms it "was nominally established in May 1991... serving as the ground handling agent at Asmara International Airport and at Assab and Massawa" — a genuine, airport-specific historical designation, not a claim borrowed from another station, so the org/service/category are correct in principle. However Eritrean Airlines' own scheduled flights have been suspended since 2023 (still none as of April 2025), and no source confirms it is still the acting handler for the carriers now serving ASM (per Wikipedia, April 2026: Etihad Airways, Egyptair, flydubai, flynas, Tarco Air, Turkish Airlines). No rival handler was found either. Note: generic trip-support/broker sites that surface for "Asmara ground handling" searches (Sky Echlipse, JetStream, EVO Flight Services, thenetworkplan.com, etc.) are templated marketing boilerplate offering to broker services worldwide — they do not name a local handler and were excluded as evidence. Status downgraded to unconfirmed to match the actual evidence level.
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Aircraft fuel
Available
TotalEnergies Eritrea
Verified directly on the company's own site (total-er.com/professionals/aviation-fuel): "Total Eritrea is the leading marketer of Jet-A1 in Eritrea," with fuel storage/import facilities in Massawa and "into plane refueling services in Asmara Airport," quality/traceability backed by Air Total expertise and JIG standards. Primary-source, airport-specific confirmation — not a group-level claim transferred from elsewhere.
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De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Not listed
Aircraft cleaning
Not listed
Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Not listed
Aviation security
Unconfirmed
Eritrean Civil Aviation Authority
Genuine national regulator (Ministry of Transport & Communications) and Eritrea's sole AVSEC authority, consistent with the country's state-run aviation sector; no separate airport-level AVSEC contractor was found for Asmara International, so the organisation/category are plausible as the airport's security authority.com, phone •••, "Director of Aviation Security" with a P.O. Box 252 address) could not be corroborated by search — no results at all for that email address, and other third-party Eritrea-CAA directory listings carry obvious placeholder phone numbers rather than verified ones. Contact fields nulled and status downgraded to unconfirmed pending a verifiable primary source (e.g. an official.er government page) for both the contact details and the airport-level AVSEC role.
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Passenger & crew transport
Not listed
Flight support
Not listed
Hotel & travel
Available
Hotel Asmara Palace
Real hotel near Asmara International, independently corroborated by multiple unaffiliated travel sources (OpenTravelGuide, RealJourneyTravels, Trip.com's Asmara airport-shuttle hotel list, HotelsCombined, HRS) as offering airport transfers/shuttle service — the strongest-attested crew-layover option among Asmara hotels. Reported specifics vary by source and should be treated as approximate: distance from ASM ranges 2–6.3km depending on source, and star rating is disputed (one review site calls it Asmara's only 5-star, HRS lists it as 3-star). The hotel's own domain (hotelasmarapalace.com) currently 301-redirects to an unrelated third-party website and was not used as a source. No airline-specific crew-rate contract or block-booking agreement is documented anywhere publicly, so that narrower aviation/crew-contract claim remains unconfirmed even though the hotel and its airport shuttle service are themselves confirmed.
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