# Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport (MED / OEMA)

**Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport** (IATA: MED, ICAO: OEMA) is a large airport in Medina, Al Madinah Region, Saudi Arabia. It opened in 1974. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,335 m (14,222 ft). In 2025 it handled 11.9 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MED / OEMA
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Medina, Al Madinah Region, Saudi Arabia
- Opened: 1974
- Elevation: 656 m / 2,151 ft
- Coordinates: 24.5534, 39.7051
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 4,335 m / 14,222 ft
- Passengers: 11,891,855 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Asia/Riyadh
- Website: https://www.tibahairports.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Mohammad_bin_Abdulaziz_International_Airport (30 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1205940
- Weather station: OEMA · WMO 40430
- Ident: OEMA

## Timeline

- 1974: Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 4,335 m / 14,222 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Asphalt | 169° / 349° | yes |
| 18/36 | 3,060 m / 10,039 ft | 45 m / 147 ft | Asphalt | 184° / 004° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 6,338,000 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 6,306,000 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 6,572,787 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 7,805,295 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 8,144,790 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 8,383,973 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 2,247,905 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 1,757,979 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 6,340,684 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 9,423,410 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 10,912,802 | Wikidata |
| 2025 | 11,891,855 | Wikidata |

## Routes

35 destinations in 21 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (28)

- [HAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oehl.md) Hail International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 377 km / 234 mi · Nesma Airlines
- [RUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerk.md) King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 708 km / 440 mi · Flynas
- [AHB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oeab.md) Abha International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 766 km / 476 mi · Flynas
- [ADJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ojam.md) Marka International (Amman Civil) Airport · Jordan · 901 km / 560 mi · Flynas
- [HOF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oeah.md) Al-Ahsa International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 989 km / 615 mi · Flynas
- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 1,027 km / 638 mi · Flynas
- [DAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/osdi.md) Damascus International Airport · Syria · 1,032 km / 641 mi · Syrian Air
- [SPX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesx.md) Sphinx International Airport · Egypt · 1,066 km / 662 mi · Flynas
- [BAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/obbi.md) Bahrain International Airport · Bahrain · 1,114 km / 692 mi · Flynas
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 1,203 km / 748 mi · Qatar Airways
- [HBE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heba.md) Alexandria International Airport · Egypt · 1,213 km / 754 mi · Air Arabia
- [AUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omaa.md) Zayed International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 1,511 km / 939 mi · Etihad Airways
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 1,581 km / 982 mi · Flynas
- [MCT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ooms.md) Muscat International Airport · Oman · 1,888 km / 1,173 mi · SalamAir
- [SAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfj.md) Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport · Türkiye · 2,058 km / 1,279 mi · Pegasus Airlines, AJet
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 2,119 km / 1,317 mi · Turkish Airlines, Saudia
- [PRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bkpr.md) Priština Adem Jashari International Airport · Kosovo · 2,635 km / 1,637 mi · Flynas
- [KHI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opkc.md) Jinnah International Airport · Pakistan · 2,768 km / 1,720 mi · Flynas
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 3,468 km / 2,155 mi · IndiGo
- [MRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfml.md) Marseille Provence Airport · France · 3,769 km / 2,342 mi · Transavia
- [LYS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfll.md) Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport · France · 3,881 km / 2,412 mi · Transavia
- [ALA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaaa.md) Almaty International Airport · Kazakhstan · 3,980 km / 2,473 mi · Air Astana
- [TLS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfbo.md) Toulouse-Blagnac Airport · France · 4,067 km / 2,527 mi · Transavia
- [HYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vohs.md) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · India · 4,091 km / 2,542 mi · IndiGo
- [BRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebbr.md) Brussels Airport · Belgium · 4,193 km / 2,605 mi · Flynas
- [ORY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpo.md) Paris-Orly Airport · France · 4,212 km / 2,617 mi · Transavia
- [DAC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vghs.md) Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport · Bangladesh · 5,112 km / 3,176 mi · Biman Bangladesh Airlines
- [KUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkk.md) Kuala Lumpur International Airport · Malaysia · 7,060 km / 4,387 mi · Malaysia Airlines

### Seasonal (6)

- [TZX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltcg.md) Trabzon International Airport · Türkiye · 1,828 km / 1,136 mi · Pegasus Airlines
- [SKD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utss.md) Samarkand International Airport · Uzbekistan · 3,052 km / 1,896 mi · Uzbekistan Airways
- [ALA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaaa.md) Almaty International Airport · Kazakhstan · 3,980 km / 2,473 mi · SCAT Airlines
- [KNO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wimm.md) Kualanamu International Airport · Indonesia · 6,733 km / 4,184 mi · Lion Air
- [YIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wahi.md) Yogyakarta International Airport · Indonesia · 8,426 km / 5,236 mi · Garuda Indonesia
- [UPG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/waaa.md) Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport · Indonesia · 9,222 km / 5,730 mi · Citilink

### Seasonal charter (2)

- [GRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urmg.md) Akhmat Kadyrov Grozny International Airport · Russia · 2,165 km / 1,345 mi · Jazeera Airways
- [MNL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rpll.md) Ninoy Aquino International Airport · Philippines · 8,483 km / 5,271 mi · Philippine Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (2)

- SV [Saudia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/saudia) · 1
- CT [Air Atlanta Europe](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-atlanta-europe)

### Passenger (22)

- XY [Flynas](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flynas) · 11
- HV [Transavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/transavia) · 4
- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 2
- PC [Pegasus Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pegasus-airlines) · 2
- G9 [Air Arabia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-arabia) · 1
- KC [Air Astana](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-astana) · 1
- TK [AJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ajet) · 1
- BG [Biman Bangladesh Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/biman-bangladesh-airlines) · 1
- QG [Citilink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/citilink) · 1 · seasonal
- EY [Etihad Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/etihad-airways) · 1
- GA [Garuda Indonesia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/garuda-indonesia) · 1 · seasonal
- J9 [Jazeera Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jazeera-airways) · 1 · seasonal charter
- JT [Lion Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lion-air) · 1 · seasonal
- MH [Malaysia Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/malaysia-airlines) · 1
- NE [Nesma Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nesma-airlines) · 1
- PR [Philippine Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/philippine-airlines) · 1 · seasonal charter
- QR [Qatar Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qatar-airways) · 1
- OV [SalamAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/salamair) · 1
- DV [SCAT Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/scat-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- RB [Syrian Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/syrian-air) · 1
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 1
- HY [Uzbekistan Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/uzbekistan-airways) · 1 · seasonal

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 11.9M (2025) | #182 of 3,974 | #9 in Middle East | #3 in SA |
| Longest runway | 4,335 m / 14,222 ft | #44 of 29,858 | #11 in Middle East | #1 in SA |
| Elevation | 656 m / 2,151 ft | =8,198 of 43,403 | #166 in Middle East | #22 in SA |
| Age | Opened 1974 | =6,983 of 15,079 | =48 in Middle East | =9 in SA |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =13 in Middle East | =2 in SA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | MADINAH APP | 124.200 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 114.100 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| TWR | MADINAH TWR | 118.300 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 126.850 |

## Nearby airports

- [OEMD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oemd.md) The Saudi Aviation Club (SAC) Airport · 52 km / 32 mi
- [OEPJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oepj.md) Pump Station 10 Airport · 144 km / 89 mi

## In collections

- [Longest runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/longest-runways) #44

## 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: “Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prince_Mohammad_bin_Abdulaziz_International_Airport&oldid=1374872776), revision of 14 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/oema/data