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| | '''Aqaba Airport''' (also known as '''King Hussein Int'l Airport''' |
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| {{Infobox airport
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| | name = King Hussein International Airport
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| | nativename-a = {{nobold|{{lang|ar|مطار الملك حسين الدولي}}}}
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| | nativename-r = ''{{small|{{transl|ar|ALA|Maṭār al-Malik Ḥusayn al-Duwalī}}}}''
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| | image =
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| | image-width = 250px
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| | caption = Overview of King Hussein International Airport
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| | IATA = AQJ
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| | ICAO = OJAQ
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| | pushpin_map = Jordan
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| | pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Jordan
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| | pushpin_label = AQJ
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| | pushpin_label_position = right
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| | type = Public
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| | owner =
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| | operator = [[Royal Wings]]
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| | city-served = [[Aqaba]]
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| | location = [[Aqaba]], Jordan
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| | hub =
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| * [[Jordan Aviation]]
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| * [[Petra Airlines]]
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| * [[Royal Jordanian]]
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| | elevation-f = 173
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| | elevation-m = 53
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| | coordinates = {{Coord|29|36|41.83|N|35|1|5.04|E|type:airport}}
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| | r1-number = 01/19
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| | r1-length-f = 9,842
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| | r1-length-m = 3,000
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| | r1-surface = [[Asphalt]]
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| | footnotes =
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| | website = [http://www.aac.jo www.aac.jo]
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| '''Aqaba Airport''' (also known as '''King Hussein Int'l Airport''' {{Airport codes|AQJ|OJAQ}}) ({{lang-ar|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, Jordan|Aqaba]] in Jordan.
| | Airport code AQJ |
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| ==Overview==
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| The location of Aqaba is unusual, for within a <span style="white-space:nowrap">15 miles (24 km)</span> 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 [[Dust storm|sandstorms]] across the [[Red Sea]] from Egypt.
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| The airport has a single <span style="white-space:nowrap">28,000 sq ft (2,600 m<sup>2</sup>)</span> 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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| 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. German carriers are particularly well represented. Aqaba is an airport that can handle the largest jets.
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| ==Facilities==
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| [[File:AqabaIntlMap.png|thumb|map]]
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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.<ref>[http://www.aac.jo/ Historical Development of KHIA]</ref> A new cargo terminal (6000 m<sup>2</sup>) and a new cargo apron (220x600 m) opened in January 2005.
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| ==Airlines and destinations==
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| |[[Air Serbia#Aviolet|Aviolet]]<br>{{nowrap|operated by [[Air Serbia]]}} | '''Seasonal charter:''' [[Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport|Belgrade]]
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| |[[Azur Air]] | '''Seasonal charter:''' [[Domodedovo International Airport|Moscow-Domodedovo]]
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| |[[Finnair]] | '''Seasonal:''' [[Helsinki Airport|Helsinki]]
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| |[[Jet Time]] | '''Charter:''' [[Copenhagen Airport|Copenhagen]]
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| |[[Jordan Aviation]] | '''Charter:''' [[Amman Civil Airport|Amman-Civil]]
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| |[[Meridiana]] | '''Charter:''' [[Il Caravaggio International Airport|Bergamo]]
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| |[[Nordwind Airlines]] | '''Charter:''' [[Moscow–Sheremetyevo]], [[Kazan International Airport|Kazan]], [[Koltsovo Airport|Yekaterinburg]]
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| |[[Novair]] | '''Seasonal charter:''' [[Stockholm Arlanda Airport|Stockholm-Arlanda]]
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| |[[Royal Jordanian]] | [[Queen Alia International Airport|Amman-Queen Alia]] <br> '''Seasonal charter:''' [[Brussels Airport|Brussels]], [[Copenhagen Airport|Copenhagen]], (begins 11 February 2017), [[Helsinki Airport|Helsinki]] (begins 13 February 2017), [[Stockholm Arlanda Airport|Stockholm-Arlanda]] (begins 12 February 2017) <ref>http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/269316/royal-jordanian-schedules-aqaba-w16-european-charter-flights/?highlight=Aqaba</ref><!-- -->
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| |[[Transavia]] | '''Seasonal charter:''' [[Brussels airport|Brussels]]
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| |{{nowrap|[[TUI Airlines Netherlands]]}} | '''Seasonal charter:''' [[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol|Amsterdam]]
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| ==References==
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| {{reflist}}
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| ==External links==
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| * [http://www.aac.jo/ Official website]
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| * [https://www.facebook.com/AqabaAirportCompany/ Official facebook page]
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| * [http://ops.aac2.info/login.php/ OPERATION DEPARTMENT]
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| * [http://www.aac2.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=107&Itemid=330/ Operator]
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| * [http://www.aac2.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=89&Itemid=331/ Map And Location]
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| * [http://www.aac2.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=116&Itemid=339/ Airport History]
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| * [http://www.aac2.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=117&Itemid=340/ Specification]
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| * [http://www.aac2.info/index.php?option=com_joomgallery&view=gallery&Itemid=273/ Photos Gallery]
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| * [http://www.aac2.info/index.php?option=com_phocadownload&view=category&id=4&Itemid=376/ Airport Statistics Center]
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| * [http://www.aac2.info/index.php?option=com_contact&view=contact&id=1&Itemid=107/ Contact Us]
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| {{Portal|Jordan|Aviation}}
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| *{{WAD|OJAQ|source=[[DAFIF]]}}
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| *{{GCM|OJAQ|source=[[DAFIF]]}}
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| *{{NWS-current|OJAQ}}
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| *{{ASN|AQJ}}
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| | [[Category:Jordan]] |
| [[Category:Aqaba]] | | [[Category:Aqaba]] |
| [[Category:Airports in Jordan]]
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