Addis Ababa - Post Report Question and Answers
What is your home city/country? How long is the trip to post from there, with what connections? How easy/difficult is it to travel to this city/country?
USA. There are several direct flights between Addis and major American cities. Connection to DC, our hometown, is about 12 hours. - Dec 2023
USA. Non-stop flights from Addis to NYC, DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Toronto. Ethiopian airlines has an extensive network of non-stop flights to north america, Europe, Asia, and Africa. - Aug 2023
USA. Direct flight from Dulles to Addis. About 15 hrs I believe. - Aug 2023
US - direct flights are available from a few major airports in the US. If not, you can reach it via Europe or Middle East. Many connections through Ethiopian Airlines. - Aug 2022
Washington D.C., there is a direct flight from IAD to Addis. Easy to get in and out of Addis. - Jul 2022
South Africa. About six hours direct flight only on Ethiopian airlines. - May 2022
The US. It is easy to catch direct flights from Addis to the U.S., though the Bole International Airport in Addis can be a nightmare. - Jun 2021
DC. 6 hours to Frankfurt and then 6 hours down on United/LH. - Feb 2021
Australia. Two long haul flights, a minimum of 24 hours travel. - Aug 2020
West coast of the US. Trip is 27 hours. Connections through Frankfurt and Chicago. Addis is a major airline hub. The ability to travel is a huge plus for this post. - Mar 2020
Lexington, KY. It takes about 24 hours to get home and at least three flights. To get to big east coast cities, it's typically two flights and 18 hours. - Feb 2020
We're from the US. Trip is a long one. Flying from Addis to California through Frankfurt, Germany. It's not difficult to get to Addis from some large cities around the world, but there may not be flights to where you want to go very often throughout the week. - Feb 2019
The Netherlands. - Oct 2018
The USA. Travel time ranges from 16 hours to 24+. - Aug 2018
Virginia in the US. Roughly 14 hours with Ethiopian Airlines from Washington D.C. - Jul 2018
The USA, There are direct flights to DC from Addis or many options if you fly through Frankfurt. - Jan 2018
Houston. The trip is usually 30 hours or so, with a layover in Frankfurt. If you're based in DC you can now fly direct, though on the ADD-IAD leg this requires a fuel-up stop in Dublin. 17 hours is a VERY long time to be on a plane. - Sep 2017
US (DC). On average, from door to door is almost 24 hours, given the nightmare of the airport here in Addis (factor in three hours at least and you will mostly need it, especially on a Friday or Saturday night - all flights out of her are late evening for the US). - Aug 2016
US. Depends from where in the US, but anywhere from 18 - 30 hours. Significantly longer returning to US, since altitude at post precludes "direct" flights. - Aug 2016
DC. The trip is between 13 and 24 hours depending on which way you're flying and your connections. There's a direct flight from DC on Ethiopian that takes about 13 hours. But flying back, they can't fully fuel the airplane because of the high altitude at take-off. So if you go 'direct' on Ethiopian it's 17 hours with a refueling stop. Otherwise, you go through Frankfurt, which takes ~24 hours in either direction. - Feb 2016
Northern Virginia. Not an easy flight unless you are allowed to take the direct Dulles-Addis route on Ethiopian Airlines (not a code share). Formerly you could connect through Amsterdam or Frankfurt but KLM pulled out so now it is only through Frankfurt, often with a touch down in Khartoum. - May 2014
D.C. There is a direct flight (Ethiopian Air). If traveling on orders, you may be forced to use a more expensive and less convenient carrier transiting through Frankfurt. - Jan 2014
Washington DC - 18 hours with connection through Dubai. - Nov 2013
California, over a day via various European cities. - Aug 2010
Washington, DC is home base. On Ethiopian Airlines, the trip is about 15 hours. With a connection in Europe, west Africa, or the middle east, it's 20 hours or more. - Jun 2010
