RAF Khormaksar

RAF Khormaksar
Aden, Aden Protectorate in Yemen
Motto: Into the Remote Places
RAF Khormaksar Shown within Yemen
Coordinates	12°49′46″N 045°01′45″E / 12.82944°N 45.02917°E / 12.82944; 45.02917
Type	Royal Air Force station
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	British Forces Aden
Site history
Built	1917 (1917)
In use	1917 – 29 November 1967 (1967)
Battles/wars	Aden Emergency
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: ADE, ICAO: OYAA
Elevation	1 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".^[1] 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.^{[citation needed]}

It later became Aden International Airport.