El Arish International Airport

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Coordinates: 31°04′24″N 033°50′09″E / 31.07333, 33.83583

El Arish International Airport
مطار العريش الدولي
IATA: AAC – ICAO: HEAR
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Government
Serves El Arish, [{Egypt]]
Elevation AMSL 121 ft / 37 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16/34 3,019 9,905 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Passengers 15,166
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

El Arish International Airport (Arabic: مطار العريش الدولي‎) (IATA: AAC, ICAO: HEAR) is an airport near El Arish, Egypt. The airport is home to Palestinian Airlines and it is the closest airport to the Gaza Strip. The airline relocated to this airport after Yasser Arafat International Airport was rendered non operational when the runway was destroyed by Israeli forces. In 2006, the airport served 15,166 passengers.

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  1. ^ Airport information for HEAR at World Aero Data. Source: DAFIF.
  2. ^ Airport information for AAC at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF.

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