# Sakhir Air Base (OBKH)

**Sakhir Air Base** (ICAO: OBKH) is a small airport in Zallaq, Southern Governorate, Bahrain. It has one runway, 3,200 m (10,499 ft) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/obkh

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / OBKH
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Zallaq, Southern Governorate, Bahrain
- Elevation: 15 m / 49 ft
- Coordinates: 26.0345, 50.5245
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,200 m / 10,499 ft
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Asia/Bahrain
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakhir_Air_Base (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12243553
- Weather station: OBBI · WMO 41150
- Ident: OBKH

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 3,200 m / 10,499 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,200 m / 10,499 ft | =818 of 29,858 | =100 in Middle East | #3 in BH |
| Elevation | 15 m / 49 ft | =39,318 of 43,403 | =390 in Middle East | #2 in BH |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =72 in Middle East | =2 in BH |

## Nearby airports

- [OBBS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/obbs.md) Sheik Isa Air Base · 15 km / 9.0 mi
- [BAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/obbi.md) Bahrain International Airport · 28 km / 18 mi
- [DHA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oedr.md) King Abdulaziz Air Base · 45 km / 28 mi
- [QA-0001](https://dromopedia.com/airports/qa-0001.md) Dukhan / Tamim Airbase · 79 km / 49 mi
- [QA-0012](https://dromopedia.com/airports/qa-0012.md) Umm Garn Airport · 83 km / 52 mi
- [DMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oedf.md) King Fahd International Airport · 87 km / 54 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/obkh/data