AQI

Qaisumah–Hafar Al-Batin International Airport

ICAO OEPA28.3357°N 46.1271°E358 m / 1,174 ftLarge airport
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Qaisumah–Hafar Al-Batin International Airport (IATA: AQI, ICAO: OEPA) is a large airport in Qaisumah, Ash Sharqiyah Region, Saudi Arabia. It opened in 1962. It has one runway, 3,050 m (10,007 ft) long, asphalt. In 2021 it handled 191 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1962–1962
1962
OpenedQaisumah–Hafar Al-Batin International Airport opens.
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
16/34158° / 338° · LIT
LENGTH3,050 m10,007 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2010–2021
59K
75K
112K
130K
134K
139K
170K
261K
293K
322K
112K
191K
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Routes

4 destinations · 2 countries
Most destinationsSaudia 2Nesma Airlines 1flydubai 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from AQI. From the Wikipedia article “Qaisumah–Hafar Al-Batin International Airport” (revision of 23 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers191K (2021)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,552of 3,974 · #62 Middle East · #17 SALongest runway3,050 m10,007 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=997of 29,823 · =114 Middle East · =25 SAElevation358 m1,174 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=15,354of 43,341 · #230 Middle East · #48 SAAgeOpened 19622026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,898of 15,079 · =31 Middle East · =5 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

2 channels
CTAFCTAF122.800
MISCCRASH SVC133.500