BAH

Bahrain International Airport

ICAO OBBI26.2673°N 50.6376°E2 m / 6 ftLarge airport
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Bahrain International Airport (IATA: BAH, ICAO: OBBI) is a large airport in Manama, Muharraq Governorate, Bahrain. It opened in 1932. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,956 m (12,979 ft). It is operated by Bahrain Airport Company. In 2022 it handled 6.9 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1932–2000
1932
OpenedBahrain International Airport opens.
23 AUG 2000
DisasterGulf Air Flight 072.143 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
12L/30R123° / 303° · LIT
LENGTH3,956 m12,979 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
12R/30L123° / 303° · LIT
LENGTH2,530 m8,302 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2010–2022
8.9M
7.8M
8.5M
7.4M
8.1M
8.6M
8.8M
8.5M
9.1M
9.6M
3.0M
6.9M
101112131415161718192122

Routes

22 destinations · 12 countries
2,500 km5,000 km1,000 mi2,000 mi3,000 mi4,000 miDOH · Hamad International Airport · 147 km / 91 miRUH · King Khalid International Airport · 421 km / 262 miKWI · Kuwait International Airport · 421 km / 262 miAUH · Zayed International Airport · 451 km / 280 miDXB · Dubai International Airport · 487 km / 303 miSHJ · Sharjah International Airport · 499 km / 310 miMED · Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport · 1,114 km / 692 miJED · King Abdulaziz International Airport · 1,272 km / 790 miAMM · Queen Alia International Airport · 1,546 km / 961 miBOM · Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · 2,412 km / 1,499 miSAW · Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport · 2,547 km / 1,583 miIST · İstanbul Airport · 2,610 km / 1,622 miCOK · Cochin International Airport · 3,246 km / 2,017 miLHR · London Heathrow Airport · 5,094 km / 3,165 miALA · Almaty International Airport · 3,046 km / 1,893 miTZX · Trabzon International Airport · 1,917 km / 1,191 miAYT · Antalya International Airport · 2,213 km / 1,375 miDEL · Indira Gandhi International Airport · 2,619 km / 1,627 miLEJ · Leipzig/Halle Airport · 4,265 km / 2,650 miFRA · Frankfurt Main Airport · 4,441 km / 2,760 miLUX · Luxembourg-Findel International Airport · 4,585 km / 2,849 miSIN · Singapore Changi Airport · 6,332 km / 3,935 miSINLHRLUXCOKALADELISTBOMAYTTZXAMMJEDMEDSHJRUHKWILEJDOHFRAAUHSAWBAH
Year-round14
DOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways147 km91 miRUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas, Saudia421 km262 miKWIKuwait International AirportKuwait · Kuwait Airways421 km262 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Etihad Airways, Air Arabia451 km280 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates487 km303 miSHJSharjah International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Air Arabia499 km310 miMEDPrince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas1,114 km692 miJEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia1,272 km790 miAMMQueen Alia International AirportJordan · Royal Jordanian1,546 km961 miBOMChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International AirportIndia · IndiGo2,412 km1,499 miSAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · AJet2,547 km1,583 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines2,610 km1,622 miCOKCochin International AirportIndia · IndiGo3,246 km2,017 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways5,094 km3,165 mi
Most destinationsAeroLogic 3Flynas 2Saudia 2Air Arabia 2IndiGo 2Southwind Airlines 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BAH. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Bahrain International Airport” (revision of 25 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers6.9M (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#286of 3,974 · #16 Middle EastLongest runway3,956 m12,979 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#164of 29,823 · #39 Middle East · #1 BHElevation2 m6 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=42,900of 43,341 · =454 Middle East · #3 BHAgeOpened 19322026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=486of 15,079 · #3 Middle EastRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =13 Middle East · #1 BH
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

5 channels
APPAPP127.850
ATISATIS127.200
GNDGND121.675
OPSATOC32.175
TWRTWR118.500