ELQ

Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz International Airport

ICAO OEGS26.3028°N 43.7744°E648 m / 2,126 ftLarge airport
On the map

Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz International Airport (IATA: ELQ, ICAO: OEGS) is a large airport in Qassim, Al Qasim Region, Saudi Arabia. It opened in 1971. It has one runway, 3,000 m (9,843 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Matarat Holding Company. In 2021 it handled 602 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1971–1971
1971
OpenedPrince Naif bin Abdulaziz International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Royal Pavillion
15/33153° / 333° · LIT
LENGTH3,000 m9,843 ftWIDTH45 m147 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2010–2021
409K
595K
772K
947K
1.0M
1.4M
1.7M
1.7M
1.6M
1.7M
478K
602K
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Routes

19 destinations · 8 countries
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 mi2,000 miHAS · Hail International Airport · 243 km / 151 miRUH · King Khalid International Airport · 329 km / 204 miKWI · Kuwait International Airport · 525 km / 326 miDMM · King Fahd International Airport · 600 km / 373 miBAH · Bahrain International Airport · 684 km / 425 miJED · King Abdulaziz International Airport · 696 km / 432 miDOH · Hamad International Airport · 792 km / 492 miAHB · Abha International Airport · 904 km / 562 miAUH · Zayed International Airport · 1,112 km / 691 miDXB · Dubai International Airport · 1,167 km / 725 miSHJ · Sharjah International Airport · 1,180 km / 733 miHMB · Suhaj International Airport · 1,199 km / 745 miATZ · Asyut International Airport · 1,270 km / 789 miCAI · Cairo International Airport · 1,284 km / 798 miSAW · Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport · 2,098 km / 1,304 miIST · İstanbul Airport · 2,162 km / 1,343 miTZX · Trabzon International Airport · 1,674 km / 1,040 miRZV · Rize–Artvin Airport · 1,676 km / 1,041 miSJJ · Sarajevo International Airport · 3,004 km / 1,867 miSJJISTRZVCAIATZSHJAHBDOHJEDKWIRUHHASHMBAUHBAHSAWTZXDMMELQ
Year-round16
HASHail International AirportSaudi Arabia · Nesma Airlines243 km151 miRUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia329 km204 miKWIKuwait International AirportKuwait · Jazeera Airways525 km326 miDMMKing Fahd International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas, flyadeal600 km373 miBAHBahrain International AirportBahrain · Gulf Air684 km425 miJEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas, flyadeal, Saudia696 km432 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways792 km492 miAHBAbha International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas904 km562 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Etihad Airways1,112 km691 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai, Saudia1,167 km725 miSHJSharjah International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Air Arabia1,180 km733 miHMBSuhaj International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo, Air Arabia, Nile Air1,199 km745 miATZAsyut International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo1,270 km789 miCAICairo International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo, Nesma Airlines, EgyptAir +31,284 km798 miSAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · Flynas2,098 km1,304 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines2,162 km1,343 mi
Most destinationsFlynas 4flyadeal 4Saudia 3Air Arabia 3Air Cairo 3Nesma Airlines 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from ELQ. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz International Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers602K (2021)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,034of 3,974 · #39 Middle East · #8 SALongest runway3,000 m9,843 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,196of 29,823 · =137 Middle East · =37 SAElevation648 m2,126 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=8,311of 43,341 · =168 Middle East · #23 SAAgeOpened 19712026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=6,390of 15,079 · =41 Middle East · #7 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
A/GSAUDIA RDO131.500
GNDGND121.900
TWRTWR118.000