Middle East
Jordan
Amman Governorate

Queen Alia International Airport

Queen Alia International Airport is an located in , 30 kilometers south of , the capital and largest city of . It is the largest airport in the country, named after Queen Alia, who died in a helicopter crash in 1977.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport serving Amman, Jordan
  • Also known as: “AMM”, “Amman International Airport”, “Maţār al Malikah ‘Alyā” ad Duwalī”, “Matar al-Malikah ‘Alya’ ad-Dowaly”, and “OJAI”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Qasr Mshatta.

Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mshatta, also known as Qasr al-Mushatta, is the ruin of an Umayyad winter palace, probably commissioned by Caliph Al-Walid II during his brief reign. The ruins are located approximately 30 km south of , , north of Queen Alia International Airport…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Talbieh camp and Al-Jizah.

Village
is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in . It is located about 35 kilometres south of , placing it within the main urban area of Al-Jeezah, immediately to the west of where Desert Highway passes through the town.

Town
, historically known as Ziza or Zizia, is a town in northwestern . It is the 22nd district of the . During the medieval period it served as a waystation for pilgrims en route to the Hajj in .

Queen Alia International Airport

Latitude
31.72368° or 31° 43′ 25″ north
Longitude
35.99538° or 35° 59′ 43″ east
Elevation
729 metres (2,392 feet)
Inception
1983
Operator
الهيئة العامة للطيران المدني
Named after
Queen Alia of Jordan
IATA airport code
AMM
ICAO airport code
OJAI
United Nations Location Code
JO AMM
Open location code
8G3QPXFW+F4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 156580417
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
393598
Wiki­data ID
Q721494
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Queen Alia International Airport” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Koningin Alia Internasionale Lughawe”
  • Arabic: “مطار الملكة علياء الدولي”
  • Arabic: “مطار الملكه علياء الدولي”
  • Basque: “Alia Erregina nazioarteko aireportua”
  • Bengali: “রানী আলিয়া আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর”
  • Cebuano: “Queen Alia International Airport”
  • Chinese: “阿勒娅王后国际机场”
  • Chinese: “阿勒婭王后國際機場”
  • Czech: “AMM”
  • Czech: “Letiště Ammán”
  • Czech: “OJAI”
  • Czech: “Queen Alia International Airport”
  • Czech: “مطار الملكة علياء الدولي”
  • Dutch: “Queen Alia International Airport”
  • Esperanto: “AMM”
  • Esperanto: “Internacia Flughaveno Reĝino Alia”
  • Esperanto: “OJAI”
  • Estonian: “Kuninganna Alia rahvusvaheline lennujaam”
  • Finnish: “Ammanin kansainvälinen lentoasema”
  • Finnish: “Kuningatar Alian kansainvälinen lentoasema”
  • French: “Aéroport international Queen Alia”
  • French: “aéroport international Reine Alia”
  • French: “Aéroport international Reine-Alia”
  • French: “AMM”
  • French: “OJAI”
  • German: “AMM”
  • German: “Flughafen Amman”
  • German: “Königin-Alia-Flughafen”
  • German: “OJAI”
  • German: “Queen Alia International Airport”
  • Greek: “Διεθνές Αεροδρόμιο «Βασίλισσα Άλια»”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה בעמאן”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבין-לאומי עמאן-המלכה עאליה”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבינלאומי עמאן-המלכה עאליה”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבינלאומי עמאן-המלכה עליה”
  • Hindi: “क्वीन एलिया हवाई अड्डा”
  • Hungarian: “Alia királyné nemzetközi repülőtér”
  • Hungarian: “Queen Alia nemzetközi repülőtér”
  • Indonesian: “AMM”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Queen Alia”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Ratu Alia”
  • Indonesian: “OJAI”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Amman-Queen Alia”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale Queen Alia”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale Regina Alia”
  • Italian: “Queen Alia International Airport”
  • Japanese: “AMM”
  • Japanese: “アンマン空港”
  • Japanese: “クィーンアリア国際空港”
  • Korean: “퀸 알리아 국제공항”
  • Lithuanian: “Karalienės Alijos tarptautinis oro uostas”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Queen Alia”
  • Marathi: “क्वीन आलिया आंतरराष्ट्रीय विमानतळ”
  • Newari: “क्वीन एलिया विमानस्थल”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “AMM”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dronning Alia internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “OJAI”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Queen Alia internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Norwegian: “Dronning Alia internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین المللی ملکه علیا”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین‌المللی امان”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین‌المللی کویین آلیا”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین‌المللی ملکه علیا”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Amman”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional Rainha Alia”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional Queen Alia”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Queen Alia”
  • Russian: “Амман”
  • Russian: “Аэропорт имени королевы Алии”
  • Russian: “Аэропорт Королева Алия Амман”
  • Russian: “Королева Алия”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт имени королевы Алии”
  • Serbian: “Аеродром Краљица Алија Аман”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Amman”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional Queen Alia”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional Reina Alia”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Queen Alia”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Reina Alia”
  • Spanish: “OJAI”
  • Swedish: “Drottning Alias internationella flygplats”
  • Swedish: “Queen Alia International Airport”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи бин‌алмилалӣ куиин олио”
  • Turkish: “Kraliçe Aliye Uluslararası Havalimanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Амман”
  • Urdu: “ملکہ علیا بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Queen Alia”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol y Frenhines Alia”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿勒娅王后国际机场”
  • “AMM”
  • “OJAI”

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