King Hussein International Airport

King Hussein International Airport
مطار الملك حسين الدولي
Maṭār al-Malik Ḥusayn al-Duwalī
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Aqaba Airports Company
Serves Aqaba, Jordan
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL 173 ft / 53 m
Coordinates 29°36′41.83″N 35°1′5.04″E / 29.6116194°N 35.0180667°E / 29.6116194; 35.0180667
Website www.aac.jo
Map
AQJ
Location of airport in Jordan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
01/19 9,842 3,000 Asphalt

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.

Overview

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.

The largest operator at Aqaba is Royal Jordanian. It operates about 10 flights a week to Amman, though extras are frequently scheduled, sometimes to coincide with passenger changeover on cruise ships. The airline operates Embraer E175 Regional Jets that undertake the journey in 45 minutes. These jets have replaced the Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 aircraft used by the Royal Wings subsidiary and have a total of 72 seats, 10 of which are business class. The airline also undertakes about six charter flights to Europe, with European charter airlines adding a further dozen. Aqaba is an airport that can handle the largest jets.

Facilities

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Annual Capacity 1,000,000, The airport has 4 check-in desks, 2 gates, a cargo building and a cargo apron together with a parallel taxiway. The airport has one baggage claim belt, 200 short term parking spaces, a Post Office, Bank, Cafeterias, VIP Lounge, Duty Free Shop, and Gift Shops, and a clinic. The airport includes also buildings for the Ayla Aviation Academy, the Royal Jordanian Academy, the Aero Wings for Industry's assembly plant for light planes, the Jordan Private Jets Services (JPJets)'s private jet terminal, and the Al Baddad International Group's maintenance centre.[1] A new cargo terminal (6000 m2) and a new cargo apron (220x600 m) opened in January 2005.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
easyJet Seasonal: Berlin–Schönefeld (begins 3 November 2018), London–Gatwick (begins 10 November 2018)[2]
Jordan Aviation Amman-Queen Alia
Charter: Amman-Civil
Nordwind Airlines Charter: Moscow–Sheremetyevo[3]
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Copenhagen (begins 1 November 2018)[4]
Royal Jordanian Amman-Queen Alia
Seasonal charter: Copenhagen, Helsinki, Stockholm-Arlanda[5]
Royal Wings Amman-Queen Alia, Dubai–Al Maktoum[6]
Seasonal: Beirut,[7] Cairo
Ryanair Seasonal: Athens (begins 2 November 2018), Cologne/Bonn (begins 30 October 2018), Rome-Ciampino (begins 30 October 2018), Sofia (begins 31 October 2018)
Small Planet Airlines Seasonal charter: Vilnius (begins 13 November 2018)[8]
Travel Service Hungary Seasonal charter: Budapest
Turkish Airlines Istanbul–Atatürk[9]

References

  1. ↑ Historical Development of KHIA Archived 15 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ "EasyJet launches first direct flights from UK to Aqaba".
  3. ↑ "Flight Search". pegasys.pegast.ru. 19 February 2018.
  4. ↑ 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Norwegian adds Copenhagen – Aqaba service from Nov 2018".
  5. ↑ 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Royal Jordanian schedules Aqaba W16 European charter flights".
  6. ↑ Royal Wings to start direct Aqaba-Dubai flights. "Travel, Tourism & Hospitality Royal Wings to start direct Aqaba-Dubai flights". Ttnworldwide.com. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  7. ↑ "Page Not Found - Royal Jordanian". www.rj.com.
  8. ↑ "Novaturas Flights en". Novaturas flights. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Turkish Airlines resumes Aqaba service from March 2018". routesonline. Retrieved 24 October 2017.


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