Abdullahi Yusuf Airport
Abdullahi Yusuf Airport, formerly known as the Galkayo Airport, is an airport located in Galkayo, the capital of the north-central Mudug region of Somalia.Overview
Like most of Galkayo, the Abdullahi Yusuf Airport is administered by the autonomous Puntland government. It has acted as a buffer zone between the divided city's two main divisions. Taxes collected by the airport authority are split equally between the Puntland and Galmudug administrations, facilitating relations between the two regional authorities.
On 25 March 2012, the facility was officially renamed in memory of the late Colonel Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, the former President of Somalia, who was born in Galkayo.On 2 October 2017 the airport's chief of security, Colonel Abdisalan Sanyare Owke and his bodyguard, were shot dead by a policeman. The assailant's motive was not immediately clear.
