{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"Berbera Airport","iataCode":"BBO","icaoCode":"HCMI","city":"Berbera","country":"SO","airportType":"medium_airport","cargoCapable":true,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":10.385035,"longitude":44.936723},"elevationMeters":9,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"Berbera's strength is the meeting of sea and air: a 4,140-metre runway, one of Africa's longest, sits beside the DP World deep-water port and the 1,200-hectare Berbera Economic Zone. Built by the Soviet Union in the 1970s and leased by NASA as a Space Shuttle emergency landing site from 1980 to 1991, the strip was rebuilt for passengers and freight with $55 million of UAE funding and reopened in 2021; Somaliland declared BBO (ICAO HCMI) open for international trade in March 2025. Scheduled carri","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/berbera-airport-bbo","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/berbera-airport-bbo","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Berbera Airport · (IATA: BBO) · Berbera, SO · 9 m · Cargo Hub"}