# King Hussein International Airport (AQJ / OJAQ)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ojaq

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AQJ / OJAQ
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Aqaba, Al 'Aqaba Governorate, Jordan
- Opened: 1972
- Elevation: 53 m / 175 ft
- Coordinates: 29.6116, 35.0181
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,004 m / 9,855 ft
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Asia/Amman
- Website: http://www.aac.jo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Hussein_International_Airport (22 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1430839
- Weather station: OJAQ · WMO 40340
- Ident: OJAQ

## Timeline

- 1972: King Hussein International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 3,004 m / 9,855 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 019° / 199° | yes |

## Routes

2 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 1,415 km / 879 mi · Turkish Airlines

### Seasonal charter (1)

- [MSQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umms.md) Minsk National Airport · Belarus · 2,758 km / 1,714 mi · Belavia

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from AQJ, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- B2 [Belavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/belavia) · 1 · seasonal charter
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,004 m / 9,855 ft | =1,166 of 29,858 | #134 in Middle East | #3 in JO |
| Elevation | 53 m / 175 ft | =34,598 of 43,403 | #322 in Middle East | #10 in JO |
| Age | Opened 1972 | =6,630 of 15,079 | =44 in Middle East | #2 in JO |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =72 in Middle East | =3 in JO |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 119.200 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| MISC | CIVIL DEFENSE | 121.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [ETM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ller.md) Ramon International Airport · 13 km / 8.0 mi
- [TCP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hetb.md) Taba International Airport · 24 km / 15 mi
- [LLRM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/llrm.md) Ramon Air Base · 134 km / 83 mi
- [OJKF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/jo-0002.md) King Feisal Air Base · 136 km / 84 mi
- [SKV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesc.md) Saint Catherine International Airport · 139 km / 86 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “King Hussein International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=King_Hussein_International_Airport&oldid=1376320319), revision of 23 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ojaq/data