King Hussein International Airport

King Hussein International Airport, Arabic: مطار الملك الحسين الدولي, also known as Aqaba Airport, is a minor international airport located in the vicinity of a northern suburb of Aqaba, Jordan.
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  • Aerodrome
  • …lies at an elevation of 53 metres (174 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code AQJ
  • …has the ICAO airport code OJAQ
  • …is operated by الأجنحة الملكية
  • Description: Airport in Jordan
  • Also known as
    “Aqaba Airport”
    “AQJ”
    “Maţār al `Aqabah”
    “Maţār al Ḩusayn ad Dawlī, Matar al Husayn al Dawli”
    “OJAQ”
    “مطار العقبة”

Places in the Area

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King Hussein International Airport

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Latitude
29.60993° or 29° 36′ 36″ north
Longitude
35.01827° or 35° 1′ 6″ east
UN/LOCODE
AQ ABA
Open location code
7GXQJ259+X8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 156581561
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
250397
Wiki­data ID
Q1430839

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“King Hussein International Airport” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “AQJ”
  • Afrikaans: “Koning Hussein Int. Lughawe‎”
  • Afrikaans: “Koning Hussein Internasionale Lughawe”
  • Arabic: “مطار الملك الحسين الدولي”
  • Arabic: “مطار الملك حسين الدولي”
  • Arabic: “مطار الملك حسين”
  • Arabic: “مطارالملك الحسين الدولي”
  • Arabic: “مطارالملك الحسين الدولي‎”
  • Cebuano: “King Hussein International Airport”
  • Chinese: “侯赛因国王国际机场”
  • Finnish: “Kuningas Husseinin kansainvälinen lentoasema”
  • French: “Aéroport d’Aqaba”
  • French: “aéroport international du roi Hussein”
  • French: “Aéroport International Hussein”
  • French: “Aéroport international Roi Hussein d’Aqaba”
  • French: “Aéroport international Roi-Hussein”
  • French: “AQJ”
  • French: “OJAQ”
  • German: “Aqaba Airport”
  • German: “AQJ”
  • German: “Flughafen Akaba”
  • German: “Flughafen Aqaba”
  • German: “King Hussein International Airport”
  • German: “OJAQ”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבין-לאומי המלך חוסיין”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבינלאומי המלך חוסיין”
  • Hindi: “किंग हुसैन अंतरराष्ट्रीय हवाई अड्डा”
  • Indonesian: “AQJ”
  • Indonesian: “OJAQ”
  • Japanese: “AQJ”
  • Japanese: “OJAQ”
  • Japanese: “アカバ・キング・フセイン国際空港”
  • Japanese: “アカバ空港”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa King Hussein”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Raja Hussein”
  • Manipuri: “ꯀꯤꯡ ꯍꯨꯁꯦꯟ ꯏꯟꯇꯔꯅꯦꯁ꯭ꯅꯦꯜ ꯑꯦꯌꯔꯄꯣꯔꯠ”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین المللی شاه حسین”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین‌المللی ملک حسین”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Akaba”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional King Hussein”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul King Hussein”
  • Russian: “Акаба”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт имени короля Хусейна”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional Rey Husein”
  • Swedish: “King Hussein International Airport”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи бин‌алмилалӣ шоҳ ҳусийн”
  • Turkish: “Kral Hüseyin Uluslararası Havalimanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Акаба (аеропорт)”
  • Ukrainian: “Акаба”
  • Urdu: “شاہ حسین بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا”
  • Wu Chinese: “侯赛因国王国际机场”

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