RAF Khormaksar

RAF Khormaksar
Aden, Aden Protectorate in Yemen
Motto: Into the Remote Places
Site information
TypeRoyal Air Force station
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorRoyal Air Force
Controlled byBritish Forces Aden
Location
RAF Khormaksar
Shown within Yemen
Coordinates12°49′46″N 045°01′45″E / 12.82944°N 45.02917°E / 12.82944; 45.02917
Site history
Built1917 (1917)
In use1917 – 29 November 1967 (1967)
Battles/warsAden Emergency
Airfield information
IdentifiersIATA: ADE, ICAO: OYAA
Elevation1 metre (3 ft 3 in) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
08/26  Asphalt

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.