- IATA
- ADD
- the code on your bag tag
- ICAO
- HAAB
- used by air traffic control
- Opened
- 1961
- per Wikidata
- Passengers
- 13.1M
- in 2025
History & name
Opened in 1961, Addis Ababa Bole International Airport takes its name from Addis Ababa and Bole, and also honours Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. It sits 8 km from Addis Ababa at an elevation of 7,630 feet, with two runways up to 3,800 m, and handled 13.1 million passengers in 2025.
Named afterHaile Selassie I — Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974
Read more: Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata ↗
At a glance
- Full name
- Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
- Serves
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- City centre
- 8 km from Addis Ababa
- Opened
- 1961
- Passengers
- 13.1 million in 2025
- Runways
- 2 runways, longest 3,800 m
- Elevation
- 7,630 ft (2,326 m)
- Website
- ethiopianairports.com ↗
Where it sits
9.0°N, 38.8°E puts ADD in the northern hemisphere, 998 km from the equator and 9,009 km from the North pole.
Of the 661 airports on this site it is the 477th most northerly, which makes it the 185th most southerly.
Straight through the middle
Straight down through the centre of the Earth comes out at 9.0°S, 141.2°W. The nearest airport on this site to that point is Fa'a'ā (PPT) in French Polynesia, still 1,317 km away — most of the planet's antipodes are ocean.
What’s near it
The closest other airport on this site is Kericho (KEY), 1,114 km away in a straight line. Nothing else on this site is within 100 km.
Distances from ADD
Great circle distance and an estimated time in the air.
| To | Distance | Estimated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nairobi | NBO | 1,164 km | 1h 57m |
Where these facts come from
The profile is looked up, not written from memory: type, runways, elevation and the official website from OurAirports (public domain); opening year, namesake, operator and passenger count from Wikidata (CC0); the city centre from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Where a source has nothing, the line is left out. Distances, neighbours and the antipode are computed from the coordinates.
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