Axum Airport (Tigrinya: ኣኽሱም ዮሃንስ ራብዓይ መዕረፍ ነፈርቲ) to the east of the city.The airport is named after Yohannes IV, the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1872 to 1889.
The airport is close to Aksum, Mendefera, Adigrat, Senafe, Dek'emhare, Adi Keyh, Mekele, Asmara, Nefasit, Ghinda'e, Debark', Keren, Barentu, Massawa, Ak'ordat, Lalibela, Gonder, Teseney, Edd, Gedaref and other locations from Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea.