Aden International Airport
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Aden International Airport مطار عدن الدولي |
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| Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Government of Yemen | ||||||||||
| Serves | Aden | ||||||||||
| Location | Aden, Yemen | ||||||||||
| Hub for | Yemenia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 7 ft / 2 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 12°49′46″N 045°01′44″E / 12.82944°N 45.02889°ECoordinates: 12°49′46″N 045°01′44″E / 12.82944°N 45.02889°E | ||||||||||
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Aden International Airport is an international airport in Aden, Yemen (IATA: ADE, ICAO: OYAA).
The airport was established on the former RAF Khormaksar, which opened in 1917 and closed as an RAF station in 1967. It later served as a Soviet Air Force station during the 1970s and 1980s. It is the second largest airport in Yemen after Sana'a International Airport. The new terminal was built between 1983–1985 with a capacity of one million passengers a year. In 2000 the constructions at the new control tower and airport department building were completed.
During the Yemeni Civil War in the Aftermath of the Houthi takeover in Yemen, the city of Aden including its airport became a battleground. The Battle of Aden Airport took place on March 19, 2015, with Houthi forces mounting an attack on the airport that was repelled by forces loyal to President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi. Operations were suspended for months due to bombing by the Saudi Air Force in Operation Decisive Storm.
On July 22, 2015 the airport was declared fit for operation again, as a Saudi plane carrying aid reportedly became the first plane to land in Aden in four months. Two days later on July 24, two more Saudi planes landed carrying the equipment needed to resume operations, to enable aid to be delivered to the embattled country.
On November 26, 2015, the airport re-opened briefly for civilian air traffic after being closed for 10 months, with a Yemenia flight arriving from Amman-Queen Alia international Airport in Jordan. Service for the next three months was sporadic, but at the end of February 2016 it was reported that the airport would reopen for ordinary commercial service after a few weeks of repairs.
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