Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport

Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport Moroni Hahaya International Airport Hahaya Airport
IATA: HAH – ICAO: FMCH HAH Location of airport in Comoros
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Federal Republic of the Comoros
Serves		Moroni
Location		Hahaya, near Moroni, Comoros
Elevation AMSL		93 ft / 28 m
Coordinates		11°32′12″S 43°16′17″E / 11.53667°S 43.27139°E / -11.53667; 43.27139Coordinates: 11°32′12″S 43°16′17″E / 11.53667°S 43.27139°E / -11.53667; 43.27139
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
02/20	9,514	2,900	Asphalt
Named for Prince Said Ibrahim of Grand Comore

Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport (IATA: HAH, ICAO: FMCH) is an international airport located in Moroni, Comoros.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
African Express Airways	Mombasa, Nairobi
Air Austral	Dzaoudzi, Saint-Denis de la Réunion
Air Madagascar	Antananarivo, Majunga, Nosy Be, Nairobi, Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Comores Aviation	Anjouan, Antananarivo, Dar es Salaam, Dzaoudzi, Mahajanga, Mohéli
Kenya Airways	Nairobi
Precision Air	Dar es Salaam
Yemenia	Sana'a

Accidents and Incidents

On June 30, 2009, Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310^[1], flight number IY626, departed from Sana'a International Airport in Sana'a, Yemen, en route to Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport. Reportedly with 11 crew and 142 passengers aboard, including 66 French nationals, the aircraft crashed into the Indian Ocean on approach to the destination airport.

On November 23, 1996, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was hijacked by three men seeking political assylum, demanding that the Boeing 767-260 be flown to Australia. Captain Abate told them that the aircraft was capable of the flight, but they would have to land and refuel. The hijackers thought he was lying. Abatae hoped to land at this airport, but had already run out of fuel and the Boeing 767 crash-landed in the ocean off the coast of the island. Only 50 out of 175 survived, because the surviving passengers had heard Captain Abate's instructions to put life vests on, but don't inflate them. The passengers who didn't survive likely inflated them and drowned under the wreckage. The aircraft was on a flight from Addis Ababa to Nairobi.

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.^[2]

References

1. ^ Yemeni plane crashes with 150 aboard
2. ^ Sole survivor clung to wreckage for 13 hours

External links

	Africa portal
	Aviation portal

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