Ataq Airport — Ataq, Yemen

Ataq Airport serves Ataq, the capital of Shabwah Governorate in the interior of southern Yemen. The field sits at 3,735 feet above sea level, considerably higher than Yemen's coastal airports, reflecting the elevated inland terrain that separates Shabwah from the Gulf of Aden coastline. A single runway handles the limited scheduled and charter traffic that reaches this part of the country. The nearest airports are all well over 250 kilometers away: Seiyun Hadhramaut International sits about 263 kilometers to the east, Aden International about 273 kilometers to the southwest, and Riyan International roughly 275 kilometers off. That gap shows how remote Ataq is relative to Yemen's other airfields, most of which cluster along the coast rather than in the interior highlands.