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 noICAO 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 leftblank 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 notopen 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 ordarkness.)

Runway Length

Shows the length in feet of the longest runway available at the selected airport, rounded down to the next fullhundred feet. If the airport has both hard (paved) and soft (unpaved) runways, the length of the longest hard surfacerunway is shown. If the longest runway is both, hard and soft surface, the length of the hard surface portion isshown.

The following are the domestic and foreign destinations (to & from) of Yemenia Airlines:

1) ABU DHABI ( U.A.E. )2) ADDIS ABABA ( ETHIOPIA )3) ADEN ( YEMEN )4) ALGHAYDAH ( YEMEN )5) AMMAN ( JORDAN )6) ASMARA ( ERITREA )7) BAGHDAD ( IRAQ )8) BAHRAIN ( BAHRAIN )9) BEIRUT ( LEBANON )10) CAIRO ( EGYPT )11) DAMASCUS ( SYRIA )12) DAR ESSALAM ( TANZANIA )13) DHAKA ( BANGLADESH )14) DJIBOUTI ( DJIBOUTI )15) DOHA ( QATAR )16) DUBAI ( U.A.E. )17) FRANKFURT ( GERMANY )18) HODEIDAH ( YEMEN )19) ISTANBUL ( TURKEY )20) JAKARTA ( INDONESIA )

21) JEDDAH ( SAUDI ARABIA )22) JOHANNESBURG ( SOTH AFRICA )23) KHARTOUM ( SUDAN )24) KUALA LUMPUR ( MALAYSIA )25) KUWAIT ( KUWAIT )26) LONDON ( U. K. )27) MADRID ( SPAIN )28) MILAN ( ITALY )29) MORONI ( COMOROS )30) MUKALLA ( YEMEN )31) MUMBAI ( INDIA )32) PARIS ( FRANCE )33) RIYADH ( SAUDI ARABIA )34) ROME ( ITALY )35) SANA'A ( YEMEN )36) SEIYUN ( YEMEN )37) SHARJAH ( U.A.E. )38) SOCOTRA ( YEMEN )39) TAIZ ( YEMEN )

)http://www.yemenia.com(For further information go to

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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