AQJOJAQ

King Hussein International Airport

Aqaba, Jordan · Asia

Asia Asia/Amman

3direct destinations

1airlines

1runway

3,004 mLongest runway

1972opened

King Hussein International Airport, Arabic: ???? ????? ???? ??????, (IATA: AQJ, ICAO: OJAQ), also known as Aqaba Airport, is a minor international airport located in the vicinity of a northern suburb of Aqaba, Jordan. It is the country's only civilian airport besides Amman's City Airport and Queen Alia International Airport.

Location

29.612°N, 35.018°E · 53 m s. n. m. (175 ft)

General data

CountryJordan

CityAqaba

IATA codeAQJ

ICAO codeOJAQ

Coordinates29.612°N, 35.018°E

Elevation53 m s. n. m. (175 ft)

Time zoneAsia/Amman

Runways1

Longest runway3,004 m

Opened1972

Direct destinations3

Official website

Runways · 1

01/19

Length3,004 m9,856 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 3

Tower

118.100

Ground

121.900

Approach

119.200

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

History

On 19 July 2026, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said that several American aircraft had been struck as part of a ballistic missile attack targeting the airport, resulting in "severe damage" to multiple planes. Israeli sources said that an Iranian missile had been intercepted by an American Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System with remaining fragments landing north of Eilat, just across the Israel–Jordan border, after being shot down using Israel's Iron Dome system.

Airlines operating here · 1

Other airlines with direct routes

Royal Jordanian

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: Berthold Werner · CC BY 3.0 · view original

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). King Hussein International Airport (AQJ). Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/AQJ

MLA

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Chicago

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_aqj,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{King Hussein International Airport (AQJ)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/AQJ},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/AQJ}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-18},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-18}
}

Wikipedia

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