Airport · Yemen
Al Ghaydah International Airport
A medium airport with scheduled flights.
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Yemen at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- Codes
- AAY · OYGD
- Town
- Al Ghaydah
- Local time
- Asia/Aden
- Elevation
- 41 m
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 2,700 m
- From DXB
- 1,060 km
- 2 hrs · Estimate
Facts
AAY at a glance
From OurAirports (public domain), with the time zone of the place it serves.
- Codes
- IATA AAYICAO OYGD
- Size
- Medium
- Serves
- Al Ghaydah
- No city of 15,000 people or more within 60 km
- Elevation
- 41 m (134 ft)
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 2,700 m
- Time zone
- Asia/Aden
- Links
- Wikipedia
How far it is from the UAE
AAY from the UAE
From DXBAAY
1,060 km
2 hrs · Estimate
From AUHAAY
953 km
1 hr 50 mins · Estimate
The great-circle distance, and a rough flying time: the distance at an average 850 km/h plus 45 minutes for take-off and landing. Real flights follow airways, meet headwinds and wait for traffic, so schedules differ.
Airports
Other airports near AAY
Facts
Practical facts
The currency, plugs and emergency numbers of Yemen, where the airport is, and its clock right now.
- Local time
- Asia/Aden
- Country
- Yemen
- Currency
- Yemeni Rial YERToday's indicative rate: YER 100 ≈ USD 0.424Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Plugs
- Type A and G230 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 199policeAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Calling code · Driving
- +967 · On the right
Travel advice
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Yemen at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs)