# Al-Ula International Airport (ULH / OEAO)

**Al-Ula International Airport** (IATA: ULH, ICAO: OEAO) is a large airport in Al-Ula, Al Madinah Region, Saudi Arabia. It opened in 2011. It has one runway, 3,050 m (10,007 ft) long, asphalt. In 2021 it handled 78 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ULH / OEAO
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Al-Ula, Al Madinah Region, Saudi Arabia
- Opened: 2011
- Elevation: 625 m / 2,050 ft
- Coordinates: 26.4836, 38.1170
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,050 m / 10,007 ft
- Passengers: 78,337 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Asia/Riyadh
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Ula_International_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4120431
- Weather station: OEAO · WMO 40401
- Ident: OEAO

## Timeline

- 2011: Al-Ula International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 3,050 m / 10,007 ft | 50 m / 164 ft | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 1,027 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 8,610 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 9,139 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 14,138 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 21,999 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 22,944 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 25,143 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 34,229 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 61,138 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 48,778 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 78,337 | Wikidata |

## Routes

8 destinations in 6 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (7)

- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 544 km / 338 mi · Flynas, Saudia
- [RUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerk.md) King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 876 km / 544 mi · Flynas, Saudia
- [KWI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/okkk.md) Kuwait International Airport · Kuwait · 1,015 km / 631 mi · Flynas
- [DMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oedf.md) King Fahd International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,162 km / 722 mi · Flynas
- [BAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/obbi.md) Bahrain International Airport · Bahrain · 1,247 km / 775 mi · Flynas
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 1,356 km / 843 mi · Qatar Airways
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 1,730 km / 1,075 mi · flydubai, Flynas

### Seasonal (2)

- [AMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ojai.md) Queen Alia International Airport · Jordan · 618 km / 384 mi · Royal Jordanian
- [BAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/obbi.md) Bahrain International Airport · Bahrain · 1,247 km / 775 mi · Gulf Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from ULH, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (1)

- SV [Saudia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/saudia) · 2

### Passenger (5)

- XY [Flynas](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flynas) · 6
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1
- GF [Gulf Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/gulf-air) · 1 · seasonal
- QR [Qatar Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qatar-airways) · 1
- RJ [Royal Jordanian](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/royal-jordanian) · 1 · seasonal

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 78K (2021) | #1,908 of 3,974 | #67 in Middle East | #21 in SA |
| Longest runway | 3,050 m / 10,007 ft | =997 of 29,858 | =114 in Middle East | =25 in SA |
| Elevation | 625 m / 2,050 ft | =8,655 of 43,403 | #178 in Middle East | #28 in SA |
| Age | Opened 2011 | =12,827 of 15,079 | =102 in Middle East | =22 in SA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =72 in Middle East | =12 in SA |

## Nearby airports

- [RSI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rsi.md) Red Sea International Airport · 140 km / 87 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Al-Ula International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Al-Ula_International_Airport&oldid=1373011586), revision of 3 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/oeao/data