El Arish International Airport
El Arish International Airport (Arabic: مطار العريش الدولي) (IATA: AAC, ICAO: HEAR) is an airport near El Arish, Egypt. In 2011 the airport served 5,991 passengers (-45.4% vs. 2010).
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 | ||||||||||
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  AAC Location of the airport in Egypt Sinai | |||||||||||
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Operations
The airport was the home base of Palestinian Airlines which ceased operations in December 2020.[3] In May 2012, the company restarted two-weekly flights to Amman, with flights to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to follow soon . 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 from the Gaza Strip traveling to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj Muslim pilgrimage.
References
- Airport information for HEAR at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- Airport information for AAC at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ch-aviation.com - Palestinian Airlines goes into liquidation 30 December 2020