Amman City Airport

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Amman City Airport (IATA: ADJ, ICAO: OJAM) (Arabic: مطار مدينة عمّان, romanized: Maṭār Madina ʿAmmān), is located in Marka district, Jordan, some 5 kilometres (3.1 mi; 2.7 NM) northeast of the capital Amman's city centre. During World War I, an airstrip was established near Amman in 1915 for use by German airplanes, then an ally of the ruling Ottoman Empire. Following Ottoman defeat and the establishment of the Emirate of Transjordan in 1921, the British used the airstrip as a base for their squadrons. In 1950, the airstrip was developed as a joint military-civilian airport, which became Jordan's main airport until the opening of Queen Alia International Airport in 1983. In 2013, following the inauguration of QAIA's new terminals, ACA was closed to civilian flights, as per the government's exclusivity agreement with QAIA's developers. In 2025, ACA reopened after the exclusivity clause's expiration, now aiming to serve as a complimentary secondary airport to QAIA for medium-sized aircraft...

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