# Hail International Airport (HAS / OEHL)

**Hail International Airport** (IATA: HAS, ICAO: OEHL) is a large airport in Hail, Ha'il Region, Saudi Arabia. It opened in 1979. It has one runway, 3,720 m (12,204 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by General Authority of Civil Aviation. In 2021 it handled 476 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: HAS / OEHL
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: General Authority of Civil Aviation
- Serves: Hail, Ha'il Region, Saudi Arabia
- Opened: 1979 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 1,015 m / 3,331 ft
- Coordinates: 27.4379, 41.6863
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,720 m / 12,204 ft
- Passengers: 475,721 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Asia/Riyadh
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hail_International_Airport (18 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2876123
- Weather station: OEHL · WMO 40394
- Ident: OEHL

## Timeline

- 1979: Hail International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 3,720 m / 12,204 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 184° / 004° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 291,148 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 333,000 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 494,794 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 576,000 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 700,000 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 801,000 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 826,288 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 1,024,013 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 1,252,906 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 1,078,469 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 349,595 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 475,721 | Wikidata |

## Routes

8 destinations in 5 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (8)

- [RUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerk.md) King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 571 km / 355 mi · Flynas, flyadeal, Saudia
- [KWI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/okkk.md) Kuwait International Airport · Kuwait · 646 km / 401 mi · Jazeera Airways
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 689 km / 428 mi · flyadeal, Saudia
- [DMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oedf.md) King Fahd International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 811 km / 504 mi · Flynas, flyadeal
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 1,017 km / 632 mi · Qatar Airways
- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 1,046 km / 650 mi · Nesma Airlines, Air Arabia, Nile Air
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 1,384 km / 860 mi · flydubai
- [SHJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omsj.md) Sharjah International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 1,397 km / 868 mi · Air Arabia

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (9)

- F3 [flyadeal](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flyadeal) · 3
- G9 [Air Arabia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-arabia) · 2
- XY [Flynas](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flynas) · 2
- SV [Saudia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/saudia) · 2
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1
- J9 [Jazeera Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jazeera-airways) · 1
- NE [Nesma Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nesma-airlines) · 1
- NP [Nile Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nile-air) · 1
- QR [Qatar Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qatar-airways) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 476K (2021) | #1,133 of 3,974 | #47 in Middle East | #11 in SA |
| Longest runway | 3,720 m / 12,204 ft | #262 of 29,858 | #53 in Middle East | #11 in SA |
| Elevation | 1,015 m / 3,331 ft | #4,681 of 43,403 | #103 in Middle East | #8 in SA |
| Age | Opened 1979 | =7,894 of 15,079 | =62 in Middle East | =14 in SA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =72 in Middle East | =12 in SA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | SAUDIA RDO | 131.500 |
| AFIS | INFO | 118.700 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.800 |
| EMR | FIRE RESCUE SVC | 133.500 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |

## Nearby airports

No open airport within 150 km / 93 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: “Hail International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hail_International_Airport&oldid=1371388647), revision of 26 Aug 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/oehl/data