# Arar Domestic Airport (RAE / OERR)

**Arar Domestic Airport** (IATA: RAE, ICAO: OERR) is a medium airport in Arar, The Northern Border Region, Saudi Arabia. It opened in 1981. It has one runway, 3,050 m (10,007 ft) long, asphalt. In 2021 it handled 247 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RAE / OERR
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Arar, The Northern Border Region, Saudi Arabia
- Opened: 1981
- Elevation: 553 m / 1,813 ft
- Coordinates: 30.9066, 41.1382
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,050 m / 10,007 ft
- Passengers: 247,384 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Asia/Riyadh
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arar_Domestic_Airport (16 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2875769
- Weather station: OERR · WMO 40357
- Ident: OERR

## Timeline

- 1981: Arar Domestic Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 3,050 m / 10,007 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 105° / 285° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 161,000 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 181,000 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 193,000 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 202,000 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 213,000 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 241,000 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 251,995 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 285,926 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 346,100 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 345,764 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 181,606 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 247,384 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (5)

- [HAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oehl.md) Hail International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 389 km / 242 mi · Nesma Airlines
- [RUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerk.md) King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 858 km / 533 mi · Flynas, flyadeal, Saudia
- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 937 km / 582 mi · Nile Air
- [DMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oedf.md) King Fahd International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 978 km / 608 mi · Flynas
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,045 km / 649 mi · Saudia

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (5)

- XY [Flynas](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flynas) · 2
- SV [Saudia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/saudia) · 2
- F3 [flyadeal](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flyadeal) · 1
- NE [Nesma Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nesma-airlines) · 1
- NP [Nile Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nile-air) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 247K (2021) | #1,436 of 3,974 | #58 in Middle East | #15 in SA |
| Longest runway | 3,050 m / 10,007 ft | =997 of 29,858 | =114 in Middle East | =25 in SA |
| Elevation | 553 m / 1,813 ft | =9,849 of 43,403 | #192 in Middle East | #37 in SA |
| Age | Opened 1981 | =8,229 of 15,079 | =65 in Middle East | =16 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 |
| EMR | CRASH SVC | 133.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [SA-0007](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sa-0007.md) Uwayqilah Airport · 120 km / 75 mi
- [IQ-0038](https://dromopedia.com/airports/iq-0038.md) Radif Al Khafi Highway Strip · 148 km / 92 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: “Arar Domestic Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arar_Domestic_Airport&oldid=1363013945), revision of 7 Jul 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/oerr/data