El Arish International Airport

El Arish International Airport
مطار العريش الدولي
IATA: AAC – ICAO: HEAR
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Government
Serves El Arish, Egypt, Gaza, Palestine
Elevation AMSL 121 ft / 37 m
Coordinates 31°04′24″N 033°50′09″E / 31.07333°N 33.83583°E / 31.07333; 33.83583Coordinates: 31°04′24″N 033°50′09″E / 31.07333°N 33.83583°E / 31.07333; 33.83583
Map
AAC

Location of the airport in Egypt Sinai

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16/34 3,019 9,905 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Passengers 5,991
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

El Arish International Airport (Arabic: مطار العريش الدولي‎) (IATA: AAC, ICAO: HEAR) is an airport near El Arish, Egypt.

Operations

The airport is home to Palestinian Airlines. In May 2012, the company restarted two-weekly flights to Amman, with flights to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to follow soon .

It is one of the closest airports to the Gaza Strip; El Gora Airport is slightly closer but has no scheduled air service. Palestinian Airlines relocated to El Arish International Airport after Yasser Arafat International Airport was rendered non-operational when the runway was destroyed by Israeli forces in 2001. The airport has been mainly used for Palestinian passengers traveling to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj Muslim pilgrimage.

In 2011 the airport served 5,991 passengers (-45.4% vs. 2010).

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Palestinian Airlines Amman-Civil, Cairo, Jeddah[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Airport information for HEAR at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
  2. ↑ Airport information for AAC at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. ↑ "Palestinian Airlines Time Table". Archived from the original on July 25, 2014.



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