Yemen
Sanaa Governorate
Bani Matar District

Abbs Airport

Abs is an airport serving the town of Abs in . On 11 January 2024, the Royal Air Force struck an airfield at the airport, which the U.S. and UK said was a launch site for cruise missiles and drones launched by the Houthis against merchant and naval vessels during the Red Sea crisis.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Yemen
  • Also known as: “Abbse Airport”, “Abs Airport”, “BHN”, and “OYAB”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abs.

Town
is a town on the coastal plain of , Governorate, . In 2005 it had a population of 25,763 inhabitants and was the 24th largest town in .

Abbs Airport

Latitude
16.01128° or 16° 0′ 41″ north
Longitude
43.17383° or 43° 10′ 26″ east
Elevation
176 metres (577 feet)
IATA airport code
EAB
ICAO airport code
OYAB
United Nations Location Code
YE EAB
Open location code
7H85256F+GG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4539852296
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
7730758
Wiki­data ID
Q11824175
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Abbs Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار عبس”
  • Cebuano: “Abbse Airport”
  • Chinese: “Abbs機場”
  • French: “aérodrome d’Abbs”
  • German: “Flugplatz ʿAbs”
  • Indonesian: “BHN”
  • Indonesian: “OYAB”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Abbs”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Abbse”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Abbs”
  • Thai: “ท่าอากาศยานอับส์”
  • Ukrainian: “Аббс”
  • Ukrainian: “Аеропорт Аббс”

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