King Hussein International Airport
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King Hussein International Airport مطار الملك حسين الدولي Maṭār al-Malik Ḥusayn al-Duwalī |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Wings | ||||||||||
| Serves | Aqaba | ||||||||||
| Location | Aqaba, Jordan | ||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 173 ft / 53 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°36′41.83″N 35°1′5.04″E / 29.6116194°N 35.0180667°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www.aac.jo | ||||||||||
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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 – مدينة العقبة الصناعية الدولية), northern suburb of Aqaba 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 a 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.
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 are also separate buildings for General Aviation and a Royal Pavilion – 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 proportion of these are training flights, including those of the Royal Jordanian Air Force.
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