AQJ

King Hussein International Airport

ICAO OJAQ29.6116°N 35.0181°E53 m / 175 ftLarge airport
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King Hussein International Airport (IATA: AQJ, ICAO: OJAQ) is a large airport in Aqaba, Al 'Aqaba Governorate, Jordan. It opened in 1972. It has one runway, 3,004 m (9,855 ft) long, asphalt.

Timeline

1 event · 1972–1972
1972
OpenedKing Hussein International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
01/19019° / 199° · LIT
LENGTH3,004 m9,855 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

2 destinations · 2 countries
Most destinationsTurkish Airlines 1Belavia 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from AQJ. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “King Hussein International Airport” (revision of 23 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,004 m9,855 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,166of 29,823 · #134 Middle East · #3 JOElevation53 m175 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=34,543of 43,341 · #322 Middle East · #10 JOAgeOpened 19722026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=6,633of 15,079 · =44 Middle East · #2 JORunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =72 Middle East · =3 JO
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels
APPAPP119.200
GNDGND121.900
MISCCIVIL DEFENSE121.600
TWRTWR118.100