Zayed International Airport
Abu Dhabi
- IATAAUH
- ICAOOMAA
- Serves
- Abu Dhabi
- Operator
- Abu Dhabi Airports Company
- Owner
- Not recorded
- Opened
- 2 January 1982
- Elevation
- 88 ft (27 m)
- Runways
- 2 (longest 4,205 m)
- Airlines based here
- Etihad Airways, Etihad Cargo
- Website
- zayedinternationalairport.ae
About the airport
Zayed International Airport (Arabic: مطار زايد الدولي; IATA: AUH, ICAO: OMAA), also known as Abu Dhabi International Airport, is the primary international airport serving Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is the second busiest airport in the UAE after Dubai International Airport, one of the busiest airports in the Middle East and is the hub for Etihad Airways as well as an operating base for Air Arabia Abu Dhabi. The airport is located 16.5 nautical miles (30.6 km; 19.0 mi) east of Abu Dhabi, and covers an area of 15,000 acres (6,000 ha). The airport is served by 24 airlines which fly to 128 destinations. The airport was renamed to Zayed International Airport on 9 February 2024 after Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the UAE's founding father and first President.
This summary is adapted from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence. Passenger and runway figures come from the same source and can lag the latest annual totals, so check the figures the operator publishes for the current total.