Airports / Ethiopia / AWA
Hawassa International Airport
HALA / AWAHawassa, EthiopiaELEV 5,450 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
80 nm
To the nearest alternate
Arba Minch Airport (AMH).
Overview
Located in Hawassa, Ethiopia, Hawassa International Airport (HALA / AWA) operates as a large commercial airport. The airport sits 5,450 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into AWA for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Arba Minch Airport (AMH, 80 nm), Jimma Airport (JIM, 100 nm), and Harar Meda Airport (QHR, 104 nm).
Charter pricing from AWA depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under Awasa. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Hawassa.
Field capability
ICAO
HALA
IATA
AWA
FAA / Local
HALA
Elevation
5,450 ft
Coordinates
7.1006° N · 38.3965° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Ethiopia fields
state range 834–7,630 ft
At 5,450 ft, AWA sits lower than 50% of the 16 Ethiopia fields on the register — a high-elevation field where density altitude can trim aircraft performance on warm days.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 80nmAMHArba Minch AirportArba Minch
- 100nmJIMJimma AirportJimma
- 104nmQHRHarar Meda AirportDebre Zeyit
- 115nmADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportAddis Ababa
- 136nmBCOJinka AirportJinka
- 236nmGMBGambela AirportGambela
Location
Open the full mapHALA · Hawassa International Airport · Hawassa, Ethiopia