Highest Airports in Eritrea

Airports in Eritrea ranked by elevation above sea level.

📅 2026📏 metres14 entries🇪🇷 See all of this country’s rankings →

All entries · 14

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Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (metres, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.

Adi Keyh AirfieldAdi Keyh · 7,991 ft above sea level

2,436 m

Asmara International AirportAsmara · 7,661 ft above sea level

2,335 m

Gura AirfieldGura · 6,435 ft above sea level

1,961 m

Nakfa AirfieldNakfa · 5,660 ft above sea level

1,725 m

Keren AirfieldKeren · 4,678 ft above sea level

1,426 m

Tessenei AirportTessenei · 2,018 ft above sea level

615 m

Omhajer AirportOmhajer · 1,946 ft above sea level

593 m

Kerkebet AirfieldKerkebet · 1,283 ft above sea level

391 m

Alghena AirfieldAlghena · 1,262 ft above sea level

385 m

Massawa International AirportMassawa · 194 ft above sea level

59 m

Assab International AirportAssab · 46 ft above sea level

14 m

Fatuma AirfieldMersa Fatuma · 44 ft above sea level

13 m

Beilul AirfieldBeilul · 15 ft above sea level

5 m

Gulbub AirstripMersa Gulbub · 13 ft above sea level

4 m

Highlights

Within Eritrea, Adi Keyh Airfield ranks first in 2026 with 2,436 m, followed by Asmara International Airport (2,335 m) and Gura Airfield (1,961 m).

Across 14 entries, values run from 2,436 m (Adi Keyh Airfield) to 4 m (Gulbub Airstrip), with a median of 492 m.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets, 2026. Unit: metres.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets · Public domain (OurAirports) · fetched Oct 17, 2026 — Airport and runway records are community maintained and released to the public domain; no guarantee of accuracy is made. Only active small, medium, and large airports are included.