Runways at HALA
According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Hawassa International Airport has one runway: 01/19 - 3,000 m long (9,843 ft), 45 m wide, asphalt surface.
Hawassa International Airport (HALA / AWA)
Ethiopia · elevation 5450 ft AMSL
· 7.1006, 38.3965
About Hawassa International Airport
Hawassa International Airport is an airport with the ICAO code HALA and the IATA code AWA. Country: Ethiopia. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Hawassa. OurAirports classifies it as a large airport. Its ICAO code starts with the HA prefix, which marks airports in Ethiopia. The four-letter code HALA is used in flight operations and weather reports, while the three-letter IATA code AWA is used for ticketing and baggage handling. The airport reference point sits at 7°06'02"N, 38°23'47"E, at an elevation of 5,450 ft (1,661 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is Africa/Addis_Ababa.
Satellite view of HALA
Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.
Runways of HALA
| Threshold | Course | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 10° | 3,000 m (9,843 ft) | 45 m (148 ft) | asphalt |
| 19 | 190° |
The course is derived from the runway designator (number × 10), not from a survey - the actual magnetic bearing can differ by a few degrees.
Declared distances (TORA, TODA, ASDA, LDA) are published in the national AIP - they are not part of this table.
Runway headings and wind
The thresholds are oriented as follows: 01/19 on 10° and 190° magnetic. A threshold designator is its magnetic heading divided by ten (ICAO Annex 14), so the runway axis can be read straight off the numbers.
For the 01/19 axis, wind from the east (around 100°) or from the west (around 280°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 10° or 190° acts along the runway, as a headwind or a tailwind. The decoder on this page computes those components automatically from the current METAR.
METAR and TAF for HALA
Weather reports for Hawassa International Airport are published under the ICAO code HALA. A METAR is an observation of current conditions, usually issued every 30 or 60 minutes; a TAF is a forecast for the airport area, typically covering 9 to 30 hours.
The decoder breaks the HALA report down into its parts: wind direction and speed including gusts and variability, visibility (including CAVOK and directional minimum visibility), weather phenomena by WMO code, cloud layers with their bases, temperature and dew point, QNH pressure, and the resulting flight category - VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR - using FAA thresholds.
Not every airport issues its own reports; many smaller airfields have no weather station. If no current data is available for HALA, check the nearby airports listed below.
Reports always use UTC (the Z suffix). The Africa/Addis_Ababa zone stays at GMT+03:00 year-round, so converting to local time is always the same shift.
The closest airports in the database, measured in a straight line from the reference point, are Dodola Airport (HADO, 73 km), Soddu Airport (HASD, 85 km), Adaba Airport (HAAD, 97 km). When no report is available for HALA, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.
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