Al Ain International Airport

Al-Ain International Airport مطار العين الدولي
IATA: AAN – ICAO: OMAL
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Abu Dhabi Airports Company
Serves	Al Ain
Opened	31 March 1994
Time zone	UAE Standard Time (UTC+04:00)
Elevation AMSL	866 ft / 264 m
Coordinates	24°15′42″N 055°36′33″E / 24.26167°N 55.60917°ECoordinates: 24°15′42″N 055°36′33″E / 24.26167°N 55.60917°E
Map
OMAL Location in the UAE
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 01/19 4,000 13,123 Asphalt
Sources: UAE AIP[1]

Al Ain International Airport (IATA: AAN, ICAO: OMAL) (Arabic: مطار العين الدولي‎; transliterated: Matar al-Ayn Al-Dowaly) is an airport located 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) west north west^[1] of Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. It was opened on 31 March 1994. 14 flights and 4,000 passenger pass through the airport each week.^[2] It is the fifth busiest airport in UAE.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air India Express	Kozhikode
Shaheen Air	Peshawar
Ukraine International Airlines	Charter: Goa, Kiev–Boryspil

Accidents and incidents

• On 27 February 2011, a Grumman 21T eight seater aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff killing four of those on board.^[3]

References

1. United Arab Emirates AIP (login required)
2. Salem, Ola (9 November 2011). "1994: Capital opens another air route". The National. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
3. "Four Americans dead in plane crash". Eturbonews. Retrieved 28 February 2011.