Bender Qassim International Airport guide

Bender Qassim International Airport, also known as Bosaso Airport, serves Bosaso, a port city on the Gulf of Aden in Somalia's Puntland region. Its IATA code is BSA and its ICAO code is HCMF. The airport sits on the outer edge of the city and is owned by the Puntland Ministry of Aviation and Airports. It is the second-largest airport in Somalia, after Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu.

The airport was established in the 1980s with a basic laterite runway. A Dubai-based group signed a deal to build a new airport in 2008, but the work stalled. A runway was funded in 2012, and construction began in 2014 under China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, with the runway planned to extend from 1.8 km to 2.65 km. The renovated airport officially reopened on 8 January 2016 in a ceremony attended by the presidents of Somalia and Puntland.

It has a single runway, 09/27, with a paved surface. Scheduled services connect Bosaso with Mogadishu, Garowe, Hargeisa, Nairobi, Dubai, Sharjah, Djibouti and Addis Ababa. Airlines serving the airport include African Express Airways, Air Arabia, Air Djibouti, Daallo Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines and Jubba Airways.