"Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport Tangier Ibn Battuta Airport (, ) is an international airport serving Tangier (""Tanger"" in French), the capital city of the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region in Morocco. The airport is named for Ibn Battouta (1304–1368), a Moroccan traveler who was born in Tangier. The airport was formerly known as Tanger-Boukhalef Airport. A new airport terminal building was opened in 2008 to provide for many more flights and increased passenger capability, as Tangier has grown rapidly and modernised. The airport is certified by ISO 9001/2000 quality standards. The airport handled over passengers in the year 2017. Aircraft parking space"
"Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, India, Kenya, Latvia, Estonia, Malaysia, Mauritania, Myanmar, Nepal, Brunei, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Algeria and Thailand. Some stateless people have received widespread public attention in airports due to their status as ports of entry. One famous case is that of Mehran Karimi Nasseri, an expelled Iranian who lived in Charles de Gaulle Airport in France for approximately 18 years after he was denied entry to the country. (The 1994 French film ""Tombés du ciel"" and the 2004 American film ""The"
"to the hangar. There were no human casualties. Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz International Airport Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz International Airport , formerly Qassim International Airport and widely known in the air-travel industry as ""Gassim"" (from Gassim Province in which it lies), is an airport in the Mulayda district () west of Buraydah, Saudi Arabia. It primarily serves the region in addition to the neighbor provinces of Hail and Riyadh. Currently, 11 airlines serve the airport with 15 destinations in 5 countries (Saudi Arabia included). The airport was established in 1964 and is owned and operated by the General Authority of"
"Abandoned Buildings Should Be Moved To A 100,000 Population House Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport is an airport in Algeria, located approximately south of Constantine; about east-southeast of Algiers. There is rising terrain northwest of the airport. The Constantine non-directional beacon (Ident: CSO) is located southeast of the airport. The Constantine VOR-DME (Ident: CNE) is located on the field. The airport was built in 1943 as Constantine Airfield by the United States Army during the World War II North African Campaign. It was primarily a maintenance and supply depot for Air Technical Service Command and also served"
"Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport is an airport in Algeria, located approximately south of Constantine; about east-southeast of Algiers. There is rising terrain northwest of the airport. The Constantine non-directional beacon (Ident: CSO) is located southeast of the airport. The Constantine VOR-DME (Ident: CNE) is located on the field. The airport was built in 1943 as Constantine Airfield by the United States Army during the World War II North African Campaign. It was primarily a maintenance and supply depot for Air Technical Service Command and also served as headquarters for XII Bomber Command as a command and"
"Culture"", which features internationally renowned musicians and artists performing in concerts. Manama was named the Arab Capital of Culture for 2012 and ""Capital of Arab Tourism"" for 2013 by the Arab League. The 2012 festival featured concerts starring Andrea Bocelli, Julio Iglesias and other musicians. Bahrain has one main international airport, the Bahrain International Airport (BIA) which is located on the island of Muharraq, in the north-east. The airport handled more than 100,000 flights and more than 8 million passengers in 2010. Bahrain's national carrier, Gulf Air operates and bases itself in the BIA. Bahrain has a well-developed road network,"
"operated Beechcraft MC-12W Liberty aircraft from here for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions. Kandahar International Airport Kandahar International Airport (; referred to by ISAF as Kandahar Airfield, KAF) is located south-east of Kandahar City in Afghanistan. It serves as the nation's second main international airport and as one of the largest military bases, capable of housing up to 250 aircraft of all type. The airport was designed and built by the United States in the late 1950s. It was occupied by the Soviets during the 1980s Soviet–Afghan War. Following their withdrawal the airport remained in control of Najibullah's government"
"Bahrain International Airport Bahrain International Airport (, ""maṭār al-Baḥrayn al-dwalī"") is the international airport of Bahrain, located in Muharraq, an island about northeast of the capital Manama. It serves as the hub for the national carrier Gulf Air. The airport is currently undergoing a $1.1 billion expansion that will boost the airport's passenger capacity to 14 million per year by 2019. The first scheduled commercial airliner to arrive in Bahrain, in 1932, was a flight from London to Delhi operated on a Handley Page H.P.42 aircraft named ""Hannibal""."" The H.P.42 carried only 24 passengers, and the flight from London had"
"or Taba airports valid for 15 days except for the citizens of the following 81 countries and territories: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, R Congo, DR Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, DPR Korea, R Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, St. Vincent"
"and others. The nation has at least four international airports, including the Hamid Karzai International Airport (Kabul International Airport) followed by Herat International Airport, Kandahar International Airport, and Mazar-e Sharif International Airport. There are a total of about 43 airports. Twenty-five of them have paved runways. Four of them have runways over 3,000 meters; three have runways between about 2,500 and 3,000 meters; eight have runways between 1500 and 2500 meters; and two have runways under 1000 meters. Bagram Air Base is used by NATO-led forces. It has heavy military traffic, especially helicopters. It can also handle larger airliners such"
"Kufra Airport Kufra Airport is an airport serving Al Jawf, capital of the Kufra District in southeastern Libya. The airport is just east of the city. Runway 02R/20L and several taxiways are closed. The Kufra VOR-DME (Ident: KFR) and non-directional beacon (Ident: KFR) are located on the field. Kufra Airport began as Buma Airfield, built in the 1930s as a minor facility by the Italians. In early World War II, it provided an air link to Italian East Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Italian Somaliland). It was captured by Free French units under General Leclerc on 1 March 1941 along with"
"Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz International Airport Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz International Airport , formerly Qassim International Airport and widely known in the air-travel industry as ""Gassim"" (from Gassim Province in which it lies), is an airport in the Mulayda district () west of Buraydah, Saudi Arabia. It primarily serves the region in addition to the neighbor provinces of Hail and Riyadh. Currently, 11 airlines serve the airport with 15 destinations in 5 countries (Saudi Arabia included). The airport was established in 1964 and is owned and operated by the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA). It was renamed to Prince"
"Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport is an airport serving Malang, the second largest city in East Java province of Indonesia. This airport is named after Abdoel Rachman Saleh, an Indonesian aviator and physiologist whose plane was shot down by the Dutch while landing in Maguwo Airfield (now Adisucipto International Airport), Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta during the Indonesian National Revolution. The airport was closed in October 2009 due to numerous damages found in the runway, but has opened again after some repairs were done. The new terminal was opened on 30 December 2011 replacing the old terminal that is"
"ISIL/ISIS, the French have also deployed Breguet Atlantique II maritime patrol aircraft as part of Opération Chammal. Al Dhafra Air Base Al Dhafra Air Base (Arabic:قاعدة الظفرة الجوية) is a military installation in the United Arab Emirates. The base is located approximately south of Abu Dhabi and is operated by the United Arab Emirates Air Force. The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has two runways, 13L/31R and 13R/31L, each having an asphalt surface measuring . The air base is the headquarters of the Western Air Command of the UAE Air Force. It hosts the"
"system is being planned for Sharjah and Ajman. The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) started applying an advanced program in 2010 that allows the assessment of aircraft registered in foreign countries in order to ensure their safety and airworthiness. In 2011, it banned all aircraft registered in Congo DR, Swaziland, Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone and São Tomé and Príncipe due to their poor safety standards. Dubai International Airport was the busiest airport in the world by international passenger traffic in 2014. Abu Dhabi International Airport is the second-largest airport in the UAE. There are 42 airports in the UAE Heliports:"
"M.A. Al-Kharafi Group of Kuwait. Marsa Alam International Airport Marsa Alam International Airport is an international airport located 60 km north of Marsa Alam in Egypt and an important destination for leisure flights from Europe. It was built in response to the increasing needs of European travelers to this southern Red Sea destination, along with other airports on the Red Sea such as Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport, being inaugurated on 16 October 2003. The official name of the airport until 2011 was Marsa Mubarak Airport. The airport is privately owned and operated by EMAK Marsa Alam for Management & Operation"
"to/from Europe. Noumérat – Moufdi Zakaria Airport Noumérat – Moufdi Zakaria Airport () , also known as Noumerate Airport, is a public airport serving Ghardaïa, the capital of the Ghardaïa Province in Algeria. It is located southeast of the city. The airport is named for Moufdi Zakaria, the author of Kassaman, the Algerian national anthem. The terminal, with an annual capacity of 500,000 passengers, is often considered as outdated and under-equipped. A project to build a new international terminal has been launched. The terminal should be completed sometime during 2007, leaving the current one to Hajj flights and some peak"
"2016, Bahrain's national airline Gulf Air announced that it would suspend flights between Bahrain International Airport and Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport on 14 January. Mohammad Khodakarami, the deputy for aviation and international affairs of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization (CAO), has been quoted in state media as saying that Gulf Air made the announcement through a letter to the Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization. Khodakarami said that the airline’s flights will remain suspended until further notice. On 20 June 2016, Isa Qassim was stripped of his Bahraini citizenship. An interior ministry statement accused Sheikh Isa Qassim of using his position to"
"Gulf Air Gulf Air ( ""Ṭayarān al-Khalīj"") is the flag carrier of Bahrain. Headquartered in Muharraq, adjacent to Bahrain International Airport, the airline operates scheduled services to 50 destinations in 27 countries across Africa, Asia and Europe. Its main base is Bahrain International Airport. It was formerly a multinational airline owned by Bahrain, UAE, Oman, and Qatar. In the late 1940s, Freddie Bosworth, a British pilot and entrepreneur, began an air taxi service to Doha and Dhahran from Bahrain. Bosworth later expanded service and, on 24 March 1950, registered Gulf Aviation Company Limited as a private shareholding company. This makes"
"Kandahar International Airport Kandahar International Airport (; referred to by ISAF as Kandahar Airfield, KAF) is located south-east of Kandahar City in Afghanistan. It serves as the nation's second main international airport and as one of the largest military bases, capable of housing up to 250 aircraft of all type. The airport was designed and built by the United States in the late 1950s. It was occupied by the Soviets during the 1980s Soviet–Afghan War. Following their withdrawal the airport remained in control of Najibullah's government until he stepped down in 1992. Thereafter, local warlords and the Taliban took control"
"Kukës Airport Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Kukës Airport Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (, ), also referred to as Kukës Airport (), is an airport about south of Kukës, Albania. The government of Albania granted permission for it to host international passenger traffic in 2016. The airport is named after a major founder of the United Arab Emirates, Shaikh Zayed, who personally founded the building of this airport. Low-cost companies like Ryanair and the Hungarian Wizz Air, as well as the Slovenian flag carrier Adria Airways have expressed their interest in operating from the Kukës International Airport. Involvement by"
"Duhok International Airport Duhok International Airport (Sorani:فڕۆکه‌خانه‌ی نێوده‌وڵه‌تی Kurmanji: Balafirgeha Nêvdewletî ya Duhokê) is an international airport under construction in Kurdistan. It is located in the Duhok city province just near the village of Sêmêl. The airport construction is also on the 5 meter route of Zakho way. The Lebanese company Dar al-Handasa has started to build the company in the summer of 2012. At the end of February 2012 the airport facilities would have to be completed. Another Korean company, Incon, had been given the assignment to set up the structure of the airport. This was initially ordered to"
"Muharraq Airfield Muharraq Airfield is a military base located adjacent to Bahrain International Airport. It is run by the United States Navy (USN) and usually ships supplies in and out of the airport with many of them from other countries as well. The USN, the United States Marine Corps (USMC), the Ministry of Interior, and others run the security at the airfield. Often referred to as the nearby city of Manama, Muharraq Airfield was the last stop for most US troops headed to join the NATO forces in Afghanistan. It was previously established by the Royal Air Force as RAF"
"Balchik Airfield Balchik Airfield is an airfield in Balchik, Bulgaria. It is considered a ""certified airfield"" by the Bulgarian Civil Aviation Administration.<br>The airfield accepted its first international civil flight (a small private jet from Prague airport) on May 3, 2012. Located on the Black Sea coast, north east of Varna. Home to a Krilo from 2 Army Polk in June 1941 and later 5 Bf 109Es of the Galata Fighter Orliak. Home to the 2nd Sqn of the 15th Fighter Air Regiment, 2nd Air Defence Division until 1994. Subsequently, home to 6th Fighter Air Base of the Air Defence Corps"
"Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport (, ""Meydâne Havâyeye Mazâre Šarif""; ) , locally known as Mawlānā Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī International Airport, is located 9 km east of Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan, a journey of 15 minutes by taxi from the center of the city. It comes with a dual-runway capable of handling large aircraft such as Boeing 747, Boeing C-17 Globemaster III and Antonov An-225. The airport has facilities for up to 1,000 passengers, making it one of the largest airports in Afghanistan. Originally built by engineers from the Soviet Union in the 1950s, the airport serves the"
"Mohammed V International Airport Mohammed V International Airport (; , , ) is an international airport serving Casablanca, Morocco. Located in Nouaceur Province, it is operated by ONDA (). With just under 8 million passengers passing through the airport in 2014, it was the busiest airport in Morocco and the fourth busiest in Africa. In August 2014, ONDA reported a year-on-year increase of 7.28% passenger traffic, to 918,238. The airport serves as hub for Morocco's flag carrier Royal Air Maroc, Jetairfly, Air Arabia Maroc and RAM Express. It is named after King Mohammed V of Morocco. Mohammed V is one"
"Dakhla Airport Dakhla Airport is an airport serving Dakhla (also known as Dajla or ad-Dakhla, formerly Villa Cisneros), a city in Western Sahara, disputed south province of Morocco. (See Political status of Western Sahara.) The airport is operated by the Moroccan state-owned company ONDA. During World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command as a stopover for cargo, transiting aircraft and personnel on the North African Cairo-Dakar transport route for cargo, transiting aircraft and personnel. It connected to Dakar Airport in the South and Agadir Airport to the north. The Dakhla"
"Abu Dhabi International Airport Abu Dhabi International Airport () is an international airport in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The airport, located east of Abu Dhabi city, is the second largest in the UAE, serving around 20 million passengers in 2014. It has three operational passenger terminals—Terminal 1 (divided into Terminals 1A and 1B), Terminal 2, Terminal 3. Abu Dhabi International Airport is spread over an area of . Its terminal spaces are dominated by Etihad Airways, which is the United Arab Emirates' national carrier and second largest in the UAE after Emirates."
"Balkhash Airport Balkhash Airport or Balqash Airport is an airport north-east the city of Balqash in Kazakhstan. Balkhash Airport is classified as a national aerodrome in the latest AIP. It is capable of accepting Ilyushin Il-76, Tupolev Tu-134, Tupolev Tu-154, Antonov An-8, Antonov An-12, Antonov An-24, Ilyushin Il-14, Ilyushin Il-18, Yakovlev Yak-40, Yakovlev Yak-42, and Antonov An-2 aircraft. It can also accept light aircraft and helicopters of all types. The length of runway is . A dirt runway was also used in the past, but it is now closed. Military aircraft are also based there. In the last few years"
"Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport (, AIMHB, ) is an airport serving Monastir in Tunisia. The Tunisian Civil Aviation and Airports Authority (OACA) awarded the management of the airport to TAV Airports Holding in March 2007. The airport is named after the former president Habib Bourguiba was born in Monastir. During World War II, the airport was known as ""Monastir Airfield"" and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Twelfth Air Force 81st Fighter Group during the North African Campaign. The 81st flew P-39 Airacobras from the airfield between 26 May and 10"
"their flights to and from Qatar.<ref name=""aljazeera/5june2017""></ref> Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates are also banning overflights by aircraft registered in Qatar (A7). Instead Qatar has rerouted flights to Africa and Europe via Iran, paying a “hefty” overflight fee for each such flight. Qatar Airways in response also suspended its flight operations to Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, and Bahrain. Pakistan International Airlines sent special flights to bring back over 200 Pakistani pilgrims stuck at Doha airport. Over 550 Pakistani pilgrims in Doha were subsequently flown to Muscat. Private jet travel is also being impacted by the"
"Stepanakert Airport Stepanakert Airport (), is an airport in Khojaly, near Stepanakert, the capital city of the ""de facto"" independent Republic of Artsakh (NKR) which is an internationally recognized part of Azerbaijan. The airport has been under the control of the Republic of Artsakh since 1992. Flights ceased to take place with the escalation of the Nagorno-Karabakh War in 1990. As the airport lies within the internationally recognized borders of Azerbaijan, and the current government is unrecognized, there are no codes for the airport in the official IATA list. In 2009, the Nagorno-Karabakh authorities began the reconstruction of the facilities."
"Khalifa Haftar. As of 1 August 2014, international airlines had suspended all flights to Libya. As of 5 August 2015, the airport was closed to passenger traffic. On 15 July 2017, the airport was reopened for commercial flights after three-years of closure due to fighting in Benghazi. According to reporting in ""Le Monde"", French special forces have operated out of Benina airport. Benina International Airport Benina International Airport () serves Benghazi, Libya. It is located in the town of Benina, 19 kilometres (12 mi) east of Benghazi, from which it takes its name. The airport is operated by the Civil"