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Queen Alia International Airport (AMM): arrival & transit guide

What to expect landing at Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Jordan: the arrival flow, transit rules, and onward transport.

Queen Alia International Airport is Jordan's main gateway, a single modern terminal with departures on the upper level and arrivals on the ground floor. Coming off an international flight, passengers head down to the arrivals level, where passport control is the first stop.

Jordan issues visas to a wide range of nationalities right at that desk, no advance application needed, while a smaller list of nationalities Jordan treats as restricted must arrange a visa before flying rather than expecting one on arrival. Which group your own passport falls into is worth confirming against the requirement listed above before you travel, since the gap between the two groups is a real one, not a formality.

For a same-ticket connection where both flights are on one booking, most transiting passengers do not need to clear Jordanian immigration at all as long as the onward flight leaves within about a day, staying instead in the airside transit area. A passenger on two separately booked tickets, or leaving the airport during a longer layover, goes through the ordinary arrivals process and the visa rules above apply.

Outside arrivals, taxis and pre-arranged transfers run the roughly half-hour drive into Amman, and airport shuttle buses cover the same route.

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