Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport

Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport Moroni Hahaya International Airport
Air Tanzania B737 at the airport
IATA: HAH – ICAO: FMCH
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Moroni
Location	Hahaya, Comoros
Hub for	Comores Aviation
Elevation AMSL	28 m / 92 ft
Coordinates	11°32′12″S 43°16′17″E / 11.53667°S 43.27139°ECoordinates: 11°32′12″S 43°16′17″E / 11.53667°S 43.27139°E
Map
HAH Location of airport in Comoros
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 02/20 2,900 9,514 Asphalt

Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport (IATA: HAH, ICAO: FMCH) (French: Aéroport international Moroni Prince Saïd Ibrahim, AIMPSI) is an international airport serving Moroni in Comoros. It is named after Prince Said Ibrahim.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Austral	Dzaoudzi, Saint-Denis de la Réunion
Air Madagascar	Antananarivo, Majunga Seasonal: Marseille
Air Tanzania	Dar es Salaam
Comores Aviation	Anjouan, Antananarivo, Dar es Salaam, Dzaoudzi, Majunga
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa [1]
Ewa Air	Dzaoudzi
Fly SAX	Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta, Mombasa
Int'Air Îles	Anjouan, Dar es Salaam, Dzaoudzi, Majunga, Mohéli, Saint-Pierre de la Réunion(starts 16 December 2016)
Kenya Airways	Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta
Precision Air	Dar es Salaam

^Note 1 : Ethiopian Airlines's flight from Addis Ababa to Moroni stops in Dar es Salaam, but the airline does not have local traffic rights on the DAR – HAH sector.

Accidents and Incidents

• On 23 November 1996, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961, A Boeing 767-200ER flying from Addis Ababa to Abidjan with several stopovers was hijacked over Ethiopia by three Ethiopians seeking alysum in Australia. The plane crash-landed in the water three hours later when it ran out of fuel. 125 of the 175 passengers and crew were killed, including the three hijackers.
• On 27 November 2012 an Inter Iles Air Embraer EMB 120ER Brasilia (registration number D6-HUA) was underway from Moroni to Anjouan (both in Comoros Islands) on a charter flight with 25 passengers and 4 crew, when after taking off from Moroni's Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport it lost height, and while attempting to return to the airport, waterlanded 200 meters off the coast, about 5 km north of the airport. Local fishermen rescued everybody on board. There were only minor injuries.^[2]

While the runway is considered long enough for modern jetliners, landings can still prove difficult because of frequently changing weather conditions and the surrounding mountains of the island.

References

1. http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/268627/ethiopian-airlines-adds-comores-operation-from-nov-2016/
2. Simon Hradecky. "Accident: Inter Iles E120 near Moroni on Nov 27th 2012, engine trouble, ditched in the Ocean". Aviation Herald. Retrieved 27 November 2012.

External links

• AIP Data
• Airport chart
• Accident history for HAH at Aviation Safety Network
• Airport information for FMCH at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
• Current weather for FMCH at NOAA/NWS
• Airport information for FMCH at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.