El Arish International Airport
El Arish International Airport مطار العريش الدولي | |||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||
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  AAC Location of the airport in Egypt Sinai | |||||||||||
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| Statistics (2011) | |||||||||||
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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 [1].
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).
As of August 2016, there are no commercial flights to the airport.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Palestinian Airlines | Amman-Civil, Cairo, Jeddah[3] |
See also
References
- ^ Template:WAD
- ^ Airport information for AAC at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ "Palestinian Airlines Time Table". Archived from the original on July 25, 2014.
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