<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Djibouti&ndash;Ambouli International Airport</h2>
<p class="fs-6 lh-lg wow fadeInUp">U.S. Air Force, C-130 Hercules at Djibouti International AirportAn Air Djibouti aircraft at the Djibouti&ndash;Ambouli International Airport (2016).</p>
<p class="fs-6 lh-lg wow fadeInUp">The airport was opened in 1948. Originally modest-sized, the facility grew in the post-independence period after a series of renovation projects.</p>
<p class="fs-6 lh-lg wow fadeInUp">In the mid-1970s, the airport was enlarged to accommodate more international carriers, with the state-owned Air Djibouti providing regular trips to its various destinations.</p>
<p class="fs-6 lh-lg wow fadeInUp">Air-traffic controllers controversy.Apron View:According to military officials, US military flights comprised over 50 percent of the 30,000 departures and arrivals in 2014. Civilian air-traffic controllers hired by the Djiboutian government monitor the airspace over Camp Lemonnier's runways, unlike other major US military bases. US consultants stationed at the base reported that over a three-month period, the controllers made an average of 2,378 errors per 100,000 aircraft operations, an error rate reportedly 1,700 times greater than the US standard. US federal aviation experts suggested that an unprofessional attitude on the part of the controllers potentially imperiled American military and civilian flights to and from the airport. FAA officials asserted that the controllers' lax attitude, which allegedly included barring drones from taking off or landing, stemmed from a belief on their part that the US drones were unreliable aircraft and dangerous weapons aimed at killing Muslims.</p>
<p class="fs-6 lh-lg wow fadeInUp">The Djibouti government dismissed the air controller safety allegations as exaggerations or fabrications. US Ambassador to Djibouti Tom Kelly likewise indicated that, after asking for further improvements in aviation, progress was being registered at the airport. U.S. Navy Captain Kevin Bertelsen, the commanding officer at Camp Lemonnier, described work at the air base as challenging, but similarly indicated that conditions there had been ameliorated. In 2014, the US government also signed a new twenty-year lease with the Djibouti authorities to maintain its military base at the airport.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-left">Civilian use Djibouti&ndash;Ambouli International Airport</h2>
<p class="fs-6 lh-lg wow fadeInUp">As the airport is located south of Djibouti City and its runways run east&ndash;west, an airliner's landing approach is usually directly over the conurbation of the capital, when the wind is from the west.In 2010, the airport served 176,861 passengers.Military use</p>
<p class="fs-6 lh-lg wow fadeInUp">In addition to its use as a civilian airport, the airport hosts a military presence from a number of countries. Military traffic makes up approximately 75% of the airport's total traffic volume.</p>
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