HOF

Al-Ahsa International Airport

ICAO OEAH25.2853°N 49.4852°E179 m / 588 ftLarge airport
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Al-Ahsa International Airport (IATA: HOF, ICAO: OEAH) is a large airport in Hofuf, Ash Sharqiyah Region, Saudi Arabia. It opened in 1948. It has one runway, 3,060 m (10,039 ft) long, asphalt. In 2021 it handled 109 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1948–1948
1948
OpenedAl-Ahsa International Airport opens.
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
16/34165° / 345° · LIT
LENGTH3,060 m10,039 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2010–2021
159K
177K
203K
186K
352K
409K
334K
253K
171K
180K
97K
109K
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Routes

3 destinations · 2 countries
Most destinationsFlynas 2flydubai 1flyadeal 1Saudia 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from HOF. From the Wikipedia article “Al-Ahsa International Airport” (revision of 26 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers109K (2021)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,780of 3,974 · #66 Middle East · #20 SALongest runway3,060 m10,039 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=979of 29,823 · #112 Middle East · #24 SAElevation179 m588 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=25,577of 43,341 · #271 Middle East · #53 SAAgeOpened 19482026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=3,279of 15,079 · =15 Middle East · #1 SARunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =72 Middle East · =12 SA
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

3 channels
CTAFCTAF122.800
MISCCRASH SVC133.500
RDORDO131.500