Beledweyne Airport

Ugaas Khaliif International Airport[3] (IATA: BLW, ICAO: HCMN) is an airport serving Beledweyne (also spelled Belet Uen or Beletweyn, Somali: Beletweeyne), the capital city of the Hiran region in Somalia.

[1] As of February 2015, the Djibouti Defense Forces had refurbished the airstrip.

[4] The Beledweyne municipality launched a project to further develop the airport in May of that year.

The airport was named after the well known Ughaz Khalif who was the Ugas of Xawaadle clan, which is considered to be the major and dominant clan of the Hiiraan region, predominantly Baledwayne.

Between March and April, the average daily maximum temperature in the city is 36.7 °C (98 °F).