# Qaisumah–Hafar Al-Batin International Airport (AQI / OEPA)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AQI / OEPA
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Qaisumah, Ash Sharqiyah Region, Saudi Arabia
- Opened: 1962 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 358 m / 1,174 ft
- Coordinates: 28.3357, 46.1271
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,050 m / 10,007 ft
- Passengers: 190,915 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Asia/Riyadh
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qaisumah%E2%80%93Hafar_Al-Batin_International_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2672944
- Weather station: OEPA · WMO 40373
- Ident: OEPA

## Timeline

- 1962: Qaisumah–Hafar Al-Batin International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 3,050 m / 10,007 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 158° / 338° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 59,000 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 75,000 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 112,000 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 130,000 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 134,000 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 139,000 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 170,367 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 261,387 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 292,807 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 321,891 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 112,438 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 190,915 | Wikidata |

## Routes

4 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [RUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerk.md) King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 380 km / 236 mi · Saudia
- [HAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oehl.md) Hail International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 448 km / 278 mi · Nesma Airlines
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 979 km / 608 mi · flydubai
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,020 km / 634 mi · Saudia

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- SV [Saudia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/saudia) · 2
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1
- NE [Nesma Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nesma-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 191K (2021) | #1,552 of 3,974 | #62 in Middle East | #17 in SA |
| Longest runway | 3,050 m / 10,007 ft | =997 of 29,858 | =114 in Middle East | =25 in SA |
| Elevation | 358 m / 1,174 ft | =15,370 of 43,403 | #230 in Middle East | #48 in SA |
| Age | Opened 1962 | =4,898 of 15,079 | =31 in Middle East | =5 in SA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =72 in Middle East | =12 in SA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.800 |
| MISC | CRASH SVC | 133.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [OEPK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oepk.md) IPSA 3 Airport · 74 km / 46 mi
- [KMC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oekk.md) King Khaled Military City Airport · 76 km / 47 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: “Qaisumah–Hafar Al-Batin International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Qaisumah–Hafar_Al-Batin_International_Airport&oldid=1370850899), revision of 23 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/oepa/data