Aden Adde International Airport (IATA: MGQ, ICAO: HCMM), formerly known as Mogadishu International Airport, is the international airport serving Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. It is named after Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, the first President of Somalia.
Originally a modest-sized airport, the facility grew considerably in size in the post-independence period after numerous successive renovation projects. With the outbreak of the civil war in 1991, Aden Adde International's flight services experienced routine disruptions. However, with the security situation in Mogadishu greatly improved in the late 2010-2011 period, large-scale rehabilitation of the airport's grounds and services has once again resumed.
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