AAN

Al Ain International Airport

ICAO OMAL24.2617°N 55.6092°E265 m / 869 ftLarge airport
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Al Ain International Airport (IATA: AAN, ICAO: OMAL) is a large airport in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates. It opened on 31 Mar 1994. It has one runway, 4,000 m (13,123 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Abu Dhabi Airports. In 2017 it handled 137 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1994–1994
31 MAR 1994
OpenedAl Ain International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
01/19007° / 187° · LIT
LENGTH4,000 m13,123 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2017
70K
61K
303K
137K
14151617

Routes

6 destinations · 6 countries
Most destinationsJazeera Airways 1Ariana Afghan Airlines 1Pakistan International Airlines 1Nile Air 1Air India Express 1Etihad Airways 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from AAN. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Al Ain International Airport” (revision of 17 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers137K (2017)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,703of 3,974 · #65 Middle East · #5 AELongest runway4,000 m13,123 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=111of 29,823 · =31 Middle East · #5 AEElevation265 m869 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=20,061of 43,341 · #252 Middle East · #2 AEAgeOpened 19942026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=10,394of 15,079 · =80 Middle East · #7 AERunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =72 Middle East · =5 AE
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

3 channels
APPAPP119.850
GNDGND129.150
TWRTWR119.850