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Revision as of 21:27, 1 August 2017
| Rhea International Airport مطار آل ريا ة الدولي Maṭār al-Reyāh al-Dawlyy | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Rhea, Gandhara | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Jamalabad | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hub for | Gandhara Airways | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 5,059 ft / 1,542 m | ||||||||||||||||||
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Rhea International Airport (Arabic: مطار آل ريا ة الدولي; Maṭār al-Reyāh al-Dawlyy) (IATA: RIA, ICAO: OGRA) is the main international airport of Gandhara, located 21 km (13 mi) northeast of the centre of Rhea, lying in the municipality of Jamalabad, governorate of Sadat. The airport is built as one large terminal, split into three large departure halls, where all its facilities are located. It is the busiest airport in Gandhara and the third busiest airport in Outernatia in terms of passengers, handling just under 54 million passengers in 2016.
The airport is the hub and primary maintenance base for Gandhara Airways, and also serves as a base for A+ Airlines, Air Nura, Freehan Airways, and Kimmy Airlines. Over ninety airlines operate out of the airport, with non-stop or direct flights to destinations across Aurora, Internatia, and Outernatia.
Rhea International Airport opened on 30 July 1933 as a military airbase. Civil aviation started in June 1936 when Gandhara Airwork, the predecessor of Gandhara Airways, commenced operations and the airport eventually lost its military role completely. In 1949, it was decided that Rhea International Airport would become the primary airport of Gandhara.