Aqaba Airport (also known as King Hussein Int´l Airport (IATA: AQJ, ICAO: OJAQ)) (Arabic: مطارالملك الحسين الدولي) is an airport located in the vicinity of Industrial City (Aqaba International Industrial Estate - lang|ar|مدينة العقبة الصناعية الدولية}}), northern suburb of Aqaba city in Jordan. The location of Aqaba is unusual, for within a 15 miles (24 km) radius there are three other countries, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Israel. The airport has a single runway equipped with category 1 instrument landing system (ILS). Thanks to its normally excellent weather conditions, the airport is rarely closed, though strong southerly winds bring sandstorms across the Red Sea from Egypt. An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO (IPA pronunciation: ) airport code or location indicator is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... ‹ The template below (Unit of length) is being considered for deletion. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... ‹ The template below (Unit of length) is being considered for deletion. ... Asphalt is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits. ... An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO (IPA pronunciation: ) airport code or location indicator is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ... Look up sandstorm in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Location of the Red Sea The Red Sea is an inlet of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. ...

The airport has a single 28,000 sq ft (2,600 m²) terminal building with just one departure gate and one baggage carousel, though the building is being extended. The facilities can cope when there is one aircraft to be handled, but on some occasions when there are three aircraft being turned around simultaneously things can become somewhat crowded. The capacity of the Terminal at present is 1.5 million passengers a year. There is also separate buildings for General Aviation and a Royal Pavillion - King Abdullah II owns a palace along the shoreline and regularly visits. The Royal Jordanian Air Academy are regular visitors on land-away cross country training exercises. Annual passenger figures have risen from around 20,000 per year in the early days to over 90,000 in the year 2000. There are currently around 3,000 aircraft movements a year. A significant prortion of these are training flights, including those of the Royal Jordanian Air Force. King Abdullah and Queen Rania King Abdullah appears here at a summit in Mexico. ... Royal Jordanian Air Force insignia The Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) (Arabic: القوات الجوية الملكية الأردنية, Transliterated: Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya Almalakiya al-Urduniya in Arabic) is the Aviation branch of the Jordanian Armed Forces. ...

The largest operator at Aquaba is Royal Wings, the commuter airline 100%-owned by Royal Jordanian Airlines. It operates about ten flights a week to Amman, though extras are frequently scheduled, sometimes to coincide with passenger changeover on cruise ships. The airline operate Q-Dash 8 aircraft that undertake the journey in 50 minutes to both Amman airports. The airline also undertakes about six charter flights to Europe, with European charter airlines adding a further dozen. German carriers are particularly well represented. Royal Wings Airlines is an airline based in Amman, Jordan operating regional scheduled and charter flights. ... Royal Jordanian started operations in 1963 after a decree by His Royal Highness the late King Hussein. ... For other meanings, see Amman (disambiguation) and Ammann. ...

Just a few km from Aqaba is the Israeli tourist resort of Eilat, which attracts many European tourists. Eilat Airport is within city limits and surrounded by built up areas. Its normal traffic consists of ATR and DCH-7 aircraft, and although Arkia and El Al sometimes operate Boeing 737 and 757 into the airport, foreign tourists are normally flown to Ovda Airport, which is located 60 km (40 miles) from Elat and predominantly used by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). Hebrew אילת Founded in 1951 Government City (from 1959) District South Population 55,000 (2006) Jurisdiction 80,000 dunams (80 km²) Mayor Meir Yitzhak Halevi North Beach, Eilat, from southwest. ... Eilat Airport (IATA Airport Code: ETH) is an Israeli airport located in Eilat. ... Ovda International Airport (IATA: VDA, ICAO: LLOV), sometimes transliterated as Uvda, is the southern international airport of Israel, located about 60 km (40 miles) north of Eilat. ...

Aqaba is an airport that can handle the largest jets-from the Boeing 747 to the Antonov An-124. It is also ironic that the success of the airport does, to a certain extent, ultimately rest on long lasting peace in the region. Photography is not permitted at the airport. Even though it does have a viewing gallery it is almost impossible to see anything because of sand storms that cling to the windows.

Airport Data

International, Heliport, Cargo Only, Aqaba 9 km (5miles), Position 29°36´43"N, 035°01´04"E, Elevation 53 m (173 ft), Operating hours 04:00-20:30 UTC, 2 Passenger Terminals, 1 Cargo terminal, 5 Aircraft Stands A container terminal is a facility where cargo containers are loaded or unloaded from ships to land vehicles, for further transport. ...

Airfield Data

Fire Category 7 Emergency Services: First Aid Navigational Aids: DVOR/DME, 3NDBs Airfield Restrictions: Maintain within the Jordanian Airspace Runway 1: Heading 01/19, 3,000 m (9,842 ft), PCN 54/F/A/W/U, ICAO Cat. 4, Aircraft size max: All types, Lighting: simple approach CAT I

Airlines Serving Airport

• Jordan Aviation (Alexandria, Amman, Assuit, Bahrain, Damascus, Dubai, Kuwait)
• Royal Jordanian (Amman)
• Royal Wings (Amman, Tel Aviv, Charters)
• Jetairfly (Brussels) [seasonal/begins November 2007]

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Cargo Facilities

Domestic Cargo Only to Amman For other meanings, see Amman (disambiguation) and Ammann. ...

Statistics

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Passenger facilities

Annual Capacity 1,000,000, 4 check-in desks, 2 gates, 1 baggage claim belt, 200 short term parking spaces, Post Office, Bank, Cafeterias, VIP Lounge, Duty Free Shop, Gift Shop, First Aid

New developments

A new cargo terminal (6000 m²) and a new cargo apron (220x600 m) opened in January 2005.