Al Qaisumah/Hafr Al Batin Airport | |
Nativename: | مطار القيصومة/حفر الباطن |
Iata: | AQI |
Icao: | OEPA |
Type: | Public |
Operator: | Government |
City-Served: | Qaisumah, Hafar al-Batin |
Location: | Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia |
Elevation-F: | 1,174 |
Elevation-M: | 358 |
Coordinates: | 28.3352°N 46.1249°W |
Pushpin Map: | Saudi Arabia |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Saudi Arabia |
Pushpin Label: | OEPA |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
R1-Number: | 16/34 |
R1-Length-M: | 3,000 |
R1-Length-F: | 9,843 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Al Qaisumah/Hafr al Batin Airport (Arabic: مطار القيصومة/حفر الباطن,) is an airport serving Al Qaisumah (also spelled Al Qaysumah), a village near the city of Hafar al-Batin in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. The airport itself is about 20km (10miles) southeast of Hafar al-Batin.
The airport began in 1962 as a dusty runway for a Dakota aircraft which was used at that time for transporting Saudi Aramco employees between stations in the northern region. Today, the airport has a 3000 metres runway capable of handling Boeing 737, a total of 11 million square metre area, a passenger terminal, a sewage system and a water treatment and stand-by power plant.[1]
The airport resides at an elevation of 1174feet above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 3000mx45mm (10,000feetx148feetm).
Airlines offering scheduled passenger service: