Aden International Airport

Aden

yemen Yemen






Satellite and aerial maps of Khormaksar / Aden International with nearby locations

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Nearby locationsKmBearing
Aden Harbour , Aden 4.2215YEADE
Temple Cliff , Aden 5.5180
Falaise , Aden 21.1251
near Lahij , Lahij 36.0335
off Aden , Gulf of Aden 46.1224
Radfan , Al Habilayn 65.3357



  Khormaksar / Aden International


1934 to present

12° 49' 47.22'' N     45° 1' 49.41'' E
5nm N of Aden, Aden
ICAO: OYAA IATA: ADE
Elevation: 13 feet


Built in the period when Aden was administered as part of British India, RAF Khormaksar was located just inland of the north eastern edge of the large bay on which Aden stands and on the southern rim of the Crater area.

It was significantly improved immediately after WWII, partly because of its strategic position near the mouth of the Red Sea (and thus the southern approaches to the Suez Canal) and as a staging post for RAF Transport Command on its famous Changi Slip route to Singapore and the Far East.  It was also home to RAF 131 MU (a maintenance and storage unit) between Mar 1942 and 1966. RAF Khormaksar was a key base from Dec 1963 after the Aden State of Emergency had been declared until the RAF station closed and the British withdrawal, covered by the Royal Marines, in Nov 1967.

With the unification of South Yemen (when it had the ICAO code ODAA) and the Peoples Republic of North Yemen in May 1990, the airport took on a new economic importance and it has been developed further into Aden International Airport.



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  List of units at Khormaksar / Aden International




Years Unit
1967/69UK 653 SquadronScout,
1967UK 8 FltSA341B Gazelle AH.1,
1964UK 815 NASWessex,
1963/65UK 26 SquadronType 192 Belvedere ,
1958/67UK SAR Flight, KhormaksarWessex, Whirlwind, Type 171 Sycamore,
1956/67UK 78 SquadronWessex,
1956/67UK 84 SquadronType 171 Sycamore,




List of aircraft and events at Khormaksar / Aden International


DatesOrg/TypeUnit
1958-sep-02 AccidentSAR Flight, Khormaksar Sycamore 4 XJ361

1963-sep RAF HAR.2 XK970

1964-dec-31 Accident26 Squadron Type 192 Belvedere XG461

1967-apr-01 AccidentSAR Flight, Khormaksar HAR.2 XL111



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