AKH

Prince Sultan Air Base

ICAO OEPS24.0627°N 47.5805°E503 m / 1,651 ftMedium airport
On the map
E-3D 8 Sqn RAF taking off in Saudi Arabia 2003
Sgt. Matthew Hannen, USAF · Public domain · Commons

Prince Sultan Air Base (IATA: AKH, ICAO: OEPS) is a medium airport in Al Kharj, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia. It opened in 1951. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,000 m (13,123 ft). It is operated by United States Air Force.

Timeline

1 event · 1951–1951
1951
OpenedPrince Sultan Air Base opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
17L/35R175° / 355° · LIT
LENGTH4,000 m13,123 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
17R/35L
LENGTH4,000 m13,123 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway4,000 m13,123 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=111of 29,823 · =31 Middle East · =6 SAElevation503 m1,651 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=10,848of 43,341 · #201 Middle East · #40 SAAgeOpened 19512026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=3,751of 15,079 · =19 Middle East · =2 SARunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =13 Middle East · =2 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

5 channels
APPSULTAN APP123.425
ATISATIS136.975
GNDGND119.900
POSTAMC COMD POST127.900
TWRSULTAN TWR126.800