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The airport has a single asphalt runway 10/28 that is 8,530 x 95 feet (2,600 x 29 m) long. It features displaced thresholds and runway turnarounds at either end in place of a parallel taxiway. Two small concrete aprons have been constructed to provide parking and maintenance facilities, some of the several additions made by the US military ...
Location ICAO IATA Airport name Civil airports Ali-Sabieh: HDAS: AII: Ali-Sabieh Airport: Assa-Gueyla: HDAG Assa-Gueyla Airport: Chabelley: HDCH Chabelley Airport
Also see airport category and list. South Sudan obtained a dedicated ICAO airport code prefix, HJ, in 2021. However, many airports continue to use the HS prefix that is used by Sudan. HJJJ (JUB) – Juba International Airport – Juba; HJMK (MAK) – Malakal Airport – Malakal; HJRB (RBX) – Rumbek Airport – Rumbek
The Ethio-Djibouti Railways passes through the village. Nearby towns and villages include Ali Sabieh (65 km), Goubetto (15 km), Ali Adde (55 km) and Holhol (29 km).. Some 1.5 miles north of Chabelley is Chabelley Airport, a desert airstrip until recently exclusively reserved in case of need for French military devices. [1]
The airfield was home to a number of heavy bomber squadrons of the RAF during the Second World War. Post war RAF Thor Missiles were stationed here 1958–1963. After the departure of the Thor missiles in 1963, the RAF's Officer Cadet Training Unit was based on the station, transferring from RAF Jurby , Isle of Man , in September 1963.
Airfield shared with Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport Camp Lemonnier is a United States Naval Expeditionary Base, [ 1 ] situated next to Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport in Djibouti City , and home to the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) of the U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM). [ 2 ]
12th Expeditionary Special Operations Squadron (12 ESOS) (Chabelley Airfield, Djibouti) 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (75 EAS) 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (82 ERQS) 475th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron (475 EABS) (Manda Bay Airfield, Kenya) 726th Expeditionary Mission Support Squadron (726 EMSS)
In response, the squadron sent a detachment of four "Deuces" to Tan Son Nhut Airport, near Saigon. One was a two-seat TF-102, which proved better at intercepting the slow-moving aircraft used for training to simulate the intruders. As a result, more TF-102s were drawn from Fifth and Thirteenth Air Forces for the detachment.