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Hargeisa Egal International Airport (, ((ソマリ語:''Madaarka Cigaal ee Calaamiga'') (アラビア語:مطار هرجيسا إيغال الدولية)) is an international airport in Hargeisa, the capital of the autonomous Somaliland region in northwestern Somalia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://web.archive.org/web/20130122160435/http://jubba-airways.com/destinations/hargeisa.aspx )〕〔(Somaliland’s Quest for International Recognition and the HBM-SSC Factor )〕 Named after the region's first president, the airport underwent major renovations in 2012–2013. In 2002 the airport handled 56,000 passengers & 2,300 tons of cargo on a total of 1,750 landings.〔http://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/somalia/documents/more_info/berbera_corridor_pre_feasibilitystudy_executivesummary_en.pdf〕 ==History== The airport was opening in 1954 by the British military, an expansion program was launch shortly afterwards and by 1958 a taxiway, parking area and terminal building has been built.〔http://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/somalia/documents/more_info/berbera_corridor_pre_feasibilitystudy_executivesummary_en.pdf〕 The airport was then modernized in the 1980s by the Siad Barre administration so as to accommodate larger aircraft and offer more flight destinations.〔Economist Intelligence Unit (Great Britain), ''Country report: Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti'', (The Unit: 1986), p.43.〕 During the events leading up to the Somali Civil War in the early 1990s, the airport's infrastructure was significantly damaged. However, the facility was gradually rehabilitated over the next several years. The airport was later renamed to ''Egal International Airport'' after the veteran politician Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal. Egal served as Somalia's Prime Minister in the early 1960s during the country's post-independence civilian administration, before later becoming the Somaliland region's second President. In 2012, the airport's routes were temporarily suspended as its runway underwent major renovations, funded by the Somaliland authorities, Kuwait Fund and USAID. The facility was later reopened on 17 August 2013, with enlarged arrival and departure terminals, as well as five new wind turbines. An installed wind data monitoring station will also assist in powering the airport.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hargeisa International Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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