- IATA
- AUH
- the code on your bag tag
- ICAO
- OMAA
- used by air traffic control
- Opened
- 1982
- per Wikidata
- Passengers
- 22.9M
- in 2023
History & name
Zayed International Airport opened in 1982 and is operated by Abu Dhabi Airports. It lies 26 km from Abu Dhabi, has two runways up to 4,106 m at an elevation of 88 feet, and handled 22.9 million passengers in 2023.
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At a glance
- Full name
- Zayed International Airport
- Serves
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- City centre
- 26 km from Abu Dhabi
- Opened
- 1982
- Operator
- Abu Dhabi Airports
- Passengers
- 22.9 million in 2023
- Runways
- 2 runways, longest 4,106 m
- Elevation
- 88 ft (27 m)
Where it sits
24.4°N, 54.6°E puts AUH in the northern hemisphere, 2,718 km from the equator and 7,290 km from the North pole.
Of the 661 airports on this site it is the 358th most northerly, which makes it the 304th most southerly.
Straight through the middle
Straight down through the centre of the Earth comes out at 24.4°S, 125.4°W. The nearest airport on this site to that point is Mataveri (IPC) in Chile, still 1,622 km away — most of the planet's antipodes are ocean.
What’s near it
The closest other airport on this site is Al Maktoum (DWC), 72 km away in a straight line. It is the only one within 100 km.
Distances from AUH
Great circle distance and an estimated time in the air.
| To | Distance | Estimated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | LHR | 5,516 km | 7h 21m |
Where these facts come from
The profile is looked up, not written from memory: type, runways, elevation and the official website from OurAirports (public domain); opening year, namesake, operator and passenger count from Wikidata (CC0); the city centre from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Where a source has nothing, the line is left out. Distances, neighbours and the antipode are computed from the coordinates.
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