Lalibela Airport


Lalibela Airport is a public airport serving Lalibela, a town in the Amhara Region of northern Ethiopia. The name of the town and airport may also be transliterated as Lalibella. The airport is located southwest of the town.

Facilities

The Lalibela Airport lies at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 10/28, with an asphalt surface measuring.
The main runway was rebuilt in 1997, at a cost of 53 million birr.

Airport and incidents

Ethiopian Civil War

On 14 March 1975, a Douglas C-47 ET-ABR of Ethiopian Airlines was destroyed on the ground during a clash with rebels.