Dawson Field

Dawson Field, also known as Zerka Airfield and Al-Thawra Airport, was a military airfield located thirty-five miles northeast of Amman in Zarqa, Zarqa Governorate, Jordan. During World War II, it was used as an airstrip by the RAF until withdrawal by the 1950s. It remained abandoned until it was reactivated by Wadie Haddad for use by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and gained the nickname Revolutionary Field. In 1970, Dawson Field was involved with a mass aircraft hijacking, with three aircraft forced to divert and land at the airfield.