Abéché Airport

Abéché Airport (IATA: AEH, ICAO: FTTC) is an airport serving Abéché, the fourth largest city in Chad and the capital city of Chad's Ouaddaï Region.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 1,788 feet (545 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 09/27 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,800 by 30 metres (9,186 ft × 98 ft).

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service:

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Abéché

Abéché is the 4th largest city in Chad, the capital of Ouaddaï Region. The town is served by Abéché Airport. It has within it, the remnants of the ancient capital, including palaces, many mosques, and tombs of former sultans, all within a functioning wall.

History

The city of Abéché was made capital of the Wadai Sultanate in the 1890s, after the wells at Ouara, the former capital, had dried out. In 1909, French troops invaded the Kingdom and established a garrison in Abéché. France took power, forcing the sultan to renounce his throne. At that time, Abéché was the largest city in Chad with 28,000 people, but major epidemics reduced the population to 6000 in 1919. In 1935, the sultanate was restored by orders of the French government, and Muhammed Ouarada, heir to the throne after his father became king. Once one of the strongholds of the Arabic slave trade route, the city is known today for its markets, mosques, church, square (the Place de l'Indépendance) and for its sultan's palace. Abéché has several schools, a hospital, a university and is one of the major garrisons of the Armee Nationale du Tchad ANT . There is a small airport (IATA: AEH, ICAO: FTTC), Airport ID: AE, operated sunrise to sunset (SR-SS) with flights to N'Djaména.