RAF Khormaksar
| RAF Khormaksar | |||||||
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| Aden, Aden Protectorate in Yemen | |||||||
Motto: Into the Remote Places | |||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||
| Controlled by | British Forces Aden | ||||||
| Location | |||||||
| Coordinates | 12°49′46″N 045°01′45″E / 12.82944°N 45.02917°E | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built | 1917 | ||||||
| In use | 1917 – 29 November 1967 | ||||||
| Battles/wars | Aden Emergency | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: ADE, ICAO: OYAA | ||||||
| Elevation | 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) AMSL | ||||||
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Royal Air Force Khormaksar or more simply RAF Khormaksar is a former Royal Air Force station in Aden, Yemen. Its motto was "Into the Remote Places". During the 1960s, it was the base for nine squadrons and became the RAF's busiest-ever station as well as the biggest staging post for the RAF between the United Kingdom and Singapore.
It later became Aden International Airport.