Addis Ababa Bole International Airport HAAB / ADD
Ethiopia's hub and the African Union's seat, 20 minutes from Bole's business district, with a VIP terminal, 24-hour CIQ and heavy diplomatic traffic during AU summits (February). High-altitude performance planning is essential; Ethiopian Airlines handles all ground services.
12,467 ft
Longest runway
20 min
Drive to Addis Ababa
1
FBOs / handlers
7,625 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- H24
- 24-hour operations
- Yes
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- Yes
- Slot coordination
- Yes
- Noise curfew
- No
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A-1
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 8 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Any size including widebody VIP; 7,625 ft elevation limits payload.
- Website
- www.ethiopianairlines.com
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Ethiopian Airlines VIP & General Aviation Terminal
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Which jets can use this runway?
Based on published takeoff distances at maximum weight versus a 12,467 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 787-8 9,800 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-8 (MAX 8) 7,500 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-7 (MAX 7) 5,900 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ319neo 6,300 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ320neo 6,800 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ TwoTwenty 6,200 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Everything in our database can operate here.