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Queen Alia Intl Airport




مطار الملكة علياء الدولي
Matar al-Malikah 'Alya' ad-Dowaly
IATA: AMM – ICAO: OJAI
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner AIG group
Operator Aéroports de Paris
Serves Amman
Location Zizya
Hub for Royal Jordanian Airlines
Elevation AMSL {{{elevation-f}}} ft / 730 m
Coordinates 31°43′21″N 35°59′36″E / 31.7225°N 35.99333°E / 31.7225; 35.99333
Website http://www.amman-airport.com/
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
08R/26L (Closed) 12,008 3,660 Concrete
08L/26R 12,008 3,660 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft Movements 57,776
Passengers 4,770,000

Queen Alia International Airport (IATA: AMM, ICAO: OJAI) (Arabic: مطار الملكة علياء الدولي‎; transliterated: Matar al-Malikah 'Alya' ad-Dowaly) is Jordan's largest airport that is situated in Zizya (زيزياء) area, 20 miles (32 km) south of Amman. The airport has three terminals: two passenger terminals and one cargo terminal. It is the home hub of Royal Jordanian Airlines, the national flag carrier, as well as being a major hub for Jazeera Airways and Jordan Aviation. It was built in 1983.

The airport is named after Queen Alia, the third wife of King Hussein of Jordan who died in a helicopter crash in 1977.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Air Algérie Algiers
Air Arabia Sharjah
Air Arabia Egypt Alexandria-Borg El Arab
airBaltic Riga
Air France Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Alitalia Rome-Fiumicino
Arab Wings Aqaba, Beirut, Tel Aviv
Arkia Israel Airlines Tel Aviv
Jordanian Airlines Vienna
Bahrain Air Bahrain
Blue Panorama Airlines Milan-Malpensa [Seasonal]
bmi Addis Ababa, London-Heathrow
Cyprus Airways Larnaca
Delta Air Lines New York-JFK
EgyptAir Cairo
Emirates Dubai
Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi
flydubai Dubai
Gulf Air Bahrain
Iberia Madrid [Seasonal]
Iraqi Airways Baghdad
Jazeera Airways Kuwait
Jordan Aviation Aqaba
Kuwait Airways Kuwait
Libyan Airlines Benghazi, Tripoli
Lufthansa Frankfurt
Malév Hungarian Airlines Budapest
Middle East Airlines Beirut
Mint Airways Madrid [Seasonal]
Nas Air Riyadh
Neos Bologna, Milan-Malpensa
Oman Air Muscat
Qatar Airways Doha
Royal Falcon Abu Dhabi, Baku, Sharjah, Stockholm-Arlanda
Royal Jordanian Abu Dhabi, Aden, Al Ain, Al'Arish, Aleppo, Alexandria, Amsterdam, Aqaba, Arbil, Athens, Bahrain, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Barcelona, Basra, Beirut, Benghazi, Brussels, Cairo, Chicago-O'Hare, Colombo, Damascus, Dammam, Delhi, Detroit, Doha, Dubai, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong, Istanbul-Atatürk, Jeddah, Kiev-Boryspil, Khartoum, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Larnaca, London-Heathrow, Madrid, Medina, Milan-Malpensa, Montreal-Trudeau, Moscow-Domodedovo, Mosul, Mumbai, Munich, Muscat, New York-JFK, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Riyadh, Rome-Fiumicino, Sana'a, Sharm el-Sheikh, Sulaymaniyah, Tel Aviv, Tripoli, Tunis, Vienna, Zürich
Royal Wings Aqaba, Tel Aviv
Saudi Arabian Airlines Dammam, Jeddah, Medina, Riyadh
Sudan Airways Beirut, Damascus, Khartoum
TAROM Bucharest-Otopeni, Beirut
Turkish Airlines Istanbul-Atatürk
UM Airlines Kiev-Boryspil [Seasonal]
Vueling Airlines Barcelona
Wataniya Airways Kuwait
Yemenia Beirut, Sana'a

Cargo airlines


Aldeasa Duty Free
Aldeasa Duty Free
Airlines Destinations
Royal Jordanian Cargo Aqaba, Athens, Beirut, Brussels, Budapest, Dubai, London-Stansted, London-Gatwick, Istanbul, New York-JFK, Tel Aviv.
Etihad Crystal Cargo Abu Dhabi, Jeddah
Cargolux Luxembourg, Singapore-Changi
Turkish Airlines Istanbul-Ataturk
Emirates SkyCargo Dubai

Lounges

The airport has two lounges as of January 2010, one belonging to Royal Jordanian while the other is operated by the Four Seasons hotel chain[1].

The Royal Jordanian Crown Lounge is accessible by Crown Class passengers and any passengers traveling on first or business class out of or to Queen Alia International Airport.

The Four Seasons lounge is located downstairs in Terminal 1 of the airport.

Transport

Buses and taxis serve the airport all day, with buses operating every half hour to Amman. A new rail line is being constructed that will link Queen Alia International Airport with Central and Downtown Amman.

Statistics


Inside Queen Alia International Airport
Inside Queen Alia International Airport
Passenger Numbers
Year Total passengers
2002 2,334,779
2003 2,358,475
2004 2,988,174
2005 3,301,510
2006 3,506,070
2007 3,861,100
2008 4,477,800
2009 4,770,000


Aircraft Movement
Year Total Aircraft Movements
2007 44,700
2008 51,300
2009 65,095

Future expansion


Construction work at QAIA
Construction work at QAIA

The future expansion of the airport reached financial close on 15 November 2007. The project is a $675M BOT basis transaction involving a 25 year contract for Rehabilitation, Expansion and Operation Agreement (“REOA” or “Concession” Agreement. Under the terms of the REO Agreement with the Government,and the Investor (AIG) is responsible for the rehabilitation of the existing terminal, development of a new $600M terminal designed by internationally renowned Foster + Partners, and EPC Contractor is J & P (O) Limited, the operation and management of QAIA for a period of 25 years. After the expansion of the airport is completed in 2011, it will be able to handle the Airbus A380.

The airport expansion plan was part of a drive to make Jordan a regional hub and once it is completed, Queen Alia International Airport should be able to handle around nine million passengers a year, nearly three times as many as it does now. The airport development plan is currently studied by ADPI (Aéroports de Paris).

Incidents

On 3 May 2003, Hiroki Gomi, a photographer for a leading Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun, was carrying an object, reportedly a battle souvenir from Iraq, when the object exploded as it was being inspected. The device killed the security guard inspecting it, and injured Gomi, who was standing nearby.

On 30 September 2010, A Royal Jordanian E175 heading to Kiev was caught with an engine failure and it returend back to Queen Alia Airport Safley, No Passengers were Injured.



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General Info
Country Jordan
ICAO ID OJAI
Time UTC+2(+3DT)
Latitude 31.722556
31° 43' 21.20" N
Longitude 35.993214
035° 59' 35.57" E
Elevation 2395 feet
730 meters
Type Civil
Magnetic Variation 003° E (08/06)
Beacon Yes
Operating Agency CIVIL GOVERNMENT, (LANDING FEES AND DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCE MAY BE REQUIRED)
Near City Amman
Operating Hours 24 HOUR OPERATIONS
International Clearance Status Airport of Entry
Daylight Saving Time Dates notified by NOTAM


Communications
TWR 119.8
GND
Opr 0501-1859Z++.
121.9
ATIS 127.6
AMMAN APP 128.9


Runways
ID Dimensions Surface PCN ILS
08R/26L 12008 x 200 feet
3660 x 61 meters
CONCRETE. 071RCWU YES
08L/26R 12008 x 200 feet
3660 x 61 meters
ASPHALT 070FCWU YES


Navaids
Type ID Name Channel Freq Distance From Field Bearing From Navaid
VOR-DME QAA QUEEN ALIA 099X 115.2 8.5 NM 259.5
NDB QA QUEEN ALIA - 410 5.2 NM 261.6


Supplies/Equipment
Fuel Unknown fuel type or whether there is any fuel.
Oil Available (Types unknown)


Remarks
FUEL A1(Caltex - Jordan Petrol, JOPETROL, fone C962-6-445-2267/8.)
MISC ATIS for all rwy fone C 06/44551489,90,91,92.



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