Aden International Airport guide

Aden International Airport (ICAO: OYAA) stands on the Khormaksar isthmus, the strip of land that links the Aden peninsula to the Yemeni mainland. The site began as the RAF Khormaksar aerodrome in 1917 and the RAF station closed in 1967. Alyemda used the airport as its main hub from 1971 to 1996.

The airport has a single asphalt runway, 08/26, measuring 3,100 m (10,171 ft). A passenger terminal built in 1983 to 1985 was designed for one million passengers a year. The Ministry of Transport lists the airport as joint civil and military, open 24 hours, and the Yemeni Air Force still uses it.

Yemenia, the national carrier, runs its main base here. FlyAden, based at the airport, began commercial operations in November 2025. Scheduled routes include Cairo, Amman, Djibouti, Addis Ababa, Mumbai and Kuwait, plus domestic links to Mukalla, Seiyun and Al-Ghaydah. Fighting closed the airport for months in 2015, and the first commercial flight after the blockade was lifted left on 14 November 2017. Schedules change often, so check with the airline before travelling.