Overview of Yemen’s Airports
There are eight international airports in Yemen: Aden International Airport, Hodeida, Sana'a (located in the capital city), Al-Rayan, Ghaida, Ataq, Sayoun, and Ta'izz. Sana 'a International Airport (SIA) is roughly 13 kilometers north of the city. Aden International Airport is the second biggest airport in Yemen. It also has a long runway that serves six international carriers, mainly going to the Middle East and Africa. The other airports at -Rayan, Ghaida, Ataq, Sayoun, and Ta'izz are not as large, but international flights operate into and out of these aforementioned Airports.
There are two local Airlines in Yemen which serve tourists and travelers. One of these two companies is Yemenia (Yemen Airways) which serves travelers locally and internationally. Also, there is Felix Airways Company which started operations for domestic transport in Yemen, in addition to some destinations to some countries such as Amman, United Arab Emirates, Djibouti and Egypt.
Please visit the following websites for further information:
(http://www.yemenia.com)
(http://www.felixairways.com) Information on Yemen’s Airports
Town Airport name ICAO IATA Usage Customs Runway IFR Runway Length
Abbs Abbs OYAB EAB Civ. No Unpaved No 6500 ft
Aden Aden Intl OYAA ADE Civ. Yes Paved Yes 10100 ft
Al-Bayda Al-Bayda OYBI Civ. No Unpaved No 9800 ft
Al-Bough Al-Bough OYBQ BUK Civ. No Unpaved No 8900 ft
Al-Ghaidah Al-Ghaidah OYGD AAY Civ. No Paved No 8800 ft
Al-Hazm Al-Hazm OYZM Civ. No Unpaved No 8100 ft
Ataq Ataq OYAT AXK Civ. No Unpaved No 8800 ft
Beihan Beihan OYBN BHN Civ. No Unpaved No 6200 ft
Hodeidah Hodeidah Intl OYHD HOD Civ. O/R Paved Yes 9800 ft
Kamaran Kamaran OYKM Civ. No Unpaved No 5900 ft
Marib Marib OYMB MYN Civ. No Unpaved No 9800 ft
Mukalla Riyan OYRN RIY Civ. Yes Paved Yes 9800 ft
Mukeiras Mukeiras OYMK UKR Civ. No Unpaved No 4100 ft
Qishn Qishn OYQN IHN Civ. No Unpaved No 3200 ft
Saadah Saadah OYSH SYE Civ. No Unpaved No 11400 ft
Sanaa Sanaa Intl OYSN SAH Civ. Yes Paved Yes 10600 ft
Sayun Sayun OYSY GXF Civ. No Unpaved No 9800 ft
Socotra Moori OYSQ SCT Civ. No Unpaved No 8200 ft
Taiz Ganed OYTZ TAI Civ. Yes Paved No 9800 ft Explanations on Technical Data
ICAO-code
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a 4-letter airport location indicator. The field above is left blank if no ICAO location indicator is available for the selected airport.
IATA-code
International Air Transport Association (IATA), a 3-letter identifier for the relevant airport. The field above is left blank if no IATA code is available for the selected airport.
Usage
Airports are classified in three categories: civil airports open for public use, military airports and private airports not open to the public. Airports that are joint use, both civil and military, are shown as civil airports.
Civ. Civil airport, open for public use (including joint use).
Mil. Military airport, not open for public use.
Priv. Private airport, not open for public use.
Customs
Yes Customs service available during airport operating hours.
No Customs service not available.
O/R Airport has customs service, prior notification is required.
Pto. Airport has part-time customs service available, not necessarily identical to the airport hours.
Runway
Identification of the surface of the longest runway available:
Paved Paved (hard surface) runway
Unpaved Unpaved (soft surface) runway (Only lighter aircraft)
Water Water (for float planes) IFR
This field indicates if the airport has any officially published instrument approach procedure.
Yes Instrument approach procedure is published.
No Instrument approach procedure is not published. (Airport not suitable for traffic during bad weather or darkness.)
Runway Length
Shows the length in feet of the longest runway available at the selected airport, rounded down to the next full hundred feet. If the airport has both hard (paved) and soft (unpaved) runways, the length of the longest hard surface runway is shown. If the longest runway is both, hard and soft surface, the length of the hard surface portion is shown.
The following are the domestic and foreign destinations (to & from) of Yemenia Airlines:
1) ABU DHABI ( U.A.E. ) 21) JEDDAH ( SAUDI ARABIA ) 2) ADDIS ABABA ( ETHIOPIA ) 22) JOHANNESBURG ( SOTH AFRICA ) 3) ADEN ( YEMEN ) 23) KHARTOUM ( SUDAN ) 4) ALGHAYDAH ( YEMEN ) 24) KUALA LUMPUR ( MALAYSIA ) 5) AMMAN ( JORDAN ) 25) KUWAIT ( KUWAIT ) 6) ASMARA ( ERITREA ) 26) LONDON ( U. K. ) 7) BAGHDAD ( IRAQ ) 27) MADRID ( SPAIN ) 8) BAHRAIN ( BAHRAIN ) 28) MILAN ( ITALY ) 9) BEIRUT ( LEBANON ) 29) MORONI ( COMOROS ) 10) CAIRO ( EGYPT ) 30) MUKALLA ( YEMEN ) 11) DAMASCUS ( SYRIA ) 31) MUMBAI ( INDIA ) 12) DAR ESSALAM ( TANZANIA ) 32) PARIS ( FRANCE ) 13) DHAKA ( BANGLADESH ) 33) RIYADH ( SAUDI ARABIA ) 14) DJIBOUTI ( DJIBOUTI ) 34) ROME ( ITALY ) 15) DOHA ( QATAR ) 35) SANA'A ( YEMEN ) 16) DUBAI ( U.A.E. ) 36) SEIYUN ( YEMEN ) 17) FRANKFURT ( GERMANY ) 37) SHARJAH ( U.A.E. ) 18) HODEIDAH ( YEMEN ) 38) SOCOTRA ( YEMEN ) 19) ISTANBUL ( TURKEY ) 39) TAIZ ( YEMEN ) 20) JAKARTA ( INDONESIA )
For further information go to (http://www.yemenia.com) Foreign Airlines in Yemen
Airline Tel. No. Fax. Nn. BRITISH AIRWAYS 01 248151 n/a
AIR BELGIUM 01 279236 n/a
EGYPT AIR 01 275061 275062
EMIRATES 01 444442 440222
ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES 01 272437 n/a
AIR FRANCE 01 272895 273393
GULF AIR LINES 01 447265 440976
K.L.M.ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES 01 278747 278757
ROYAL JORDANINAN AIR LINES 01 445501 n/a
KUWAIT AIR WAYS 01 272504/272640 272505
LUFTHANSA 01 213400/207194 2007194
QATAR AIRWAYS 01 276253/275414 n/a
RUSSIAN AIRWAYS 01 240939 506151
SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES 01 402992 402996
SUDAN AIRWAYS 01 272640 272505
SYRIAN ARAB AIRLINES 01 506021 506023 Flight time (hours) for destinations with Yemenia Airlines
1) From : Sanaa (SAH)
Eff disc stop Via Duration TO ABU DHABI 1 - 4h5m ADDIS ABAB - - 1h45m ADEN - - 0h45m AMMAN - - 3h15m *AMMAN 1 - 5h30m BAHRAIN - - 2h20m *BAHRAIN 1 - 5h50m BEIRUT - - 3h30m *BEIRUT 1 - 5h50m CAIRO - - 3h15m *CAIRO 1 - 4h45m DAMASCUS - - 3h10m *DAMASCUS 1 - 5h0m DJIBOUTI - - 1h0m *DJIBOUTI 1 - 2h0m DOHA - - 2h10m *DOHA 1 - 4h10m DUBAI - - 2h50m *DUBAI 1 - 4h10m FRANKFURT - - 7h0m *FRANKFURT 1 - 8h40m HODAIDAH - - 0h30m JAKARTA 2 - 14h30m *JAKARTA 1 - 12h25m JEDDAH - - 1h30m Eff disc stop Via Duration *JEDDAH 1 - 4h30m KHARTOUM - - 1H30M KUALALUMPUR 1 - 11H20M *KUALALUMPUR 2 - 15H30M KUWAIT - - 2H10M *KUWAIT 1 - 4H10M LONDON 1 - 9H30M *LONDON - - 7H40M MORONI 1 - 5H45M *MORONI - - 4H0M MUKALLA - - 1H0M MUMBAL - - 4h10m *MUMBAL 1 - 5h20m To PARIS - - 7h20m RIYADH - - 1H45M ROME - - 6H15M ROME 1 - 7H45M SEIYUN - - 1H0M SOCOTRA 1 - 2H45M TAIZ - - 0H30M 2) From : ADEN (ADE)
Eff disc stop Via Duration ABU DHABI - - 4h0m ABU DHABI 1- SANAA- 0h45m ADDIS ABAB - - 0h45m AMMAN - - 3h25m *AMMAN 1 SANAA 3h15m BAHRAIN - SANAA 0H45M *BAHRAIN - - 2h25m CAIRO - SANAA 0H45M *CAIRO - - 3H15M DAMASCUS - - 3h30m DJIBOUTI - SANAA 0H45M *DJIBOUTI - - 1h0m DOHA - SANAA 0H45M *DOHA - - 4h10m DUBAI - - 2h50m *DUBAI - SANAA 0H45M FRANKFURT - - 0H45M *FRANKFURT SANAA 8h40m JAKARTA 2 - 14h30m *JAKARTA - SANAA 0H45M JEDDAH - SANAA 0H45M *JEDDAH 2 - 14h30m KHARTOUM - - 2H1M KHARTOUM - SANAA- 0H45M KUALALUMPUR 1 - 11H20M *KUALALUMPUR SANAA 0H45M KUWAIT - -SANAA 0H45M Eff disc stop Via Duration *KUWAIT 1 - 4H10M LONDON - SANAA- 0H45M *LONDON - - 7H40M MORONI 1 - 5H45M *MORONI - SANAA 0H45M MUKALLA - SANAA 0H45M MUKALLA - - 1H0M MUMBAL - SANAA 0H45M *MUMBAL - - 4H10M PARIS - - 7h20m PARIS - - 0H45M RIYADH - - 1H45M RIYADH - - 0H45M ROME - - 6H15M ROME - - 0H45M SANAA - - 0H45M SOCOTRA 1 - 2H45M
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