SHW

Sharurah Domestic Airport

ICAO OESH17.4669°N 47.1214°E720 m / 2,363 ftMedium airport
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Sharurah Domestic Airport (IATA: SHW, ICAO: OESH) is a medium airport in Sharurah, Najran Region, Saudi Arabia. It opened in 1972. It has one runway, 3,650 m (11,975 ft) long, asphalt. In 2021 it handled 164 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1972–1972
1972
OpenedSharurah Domestic Airport opens.
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
08/26085° / 265° · LIT
LENGTH3,650 m11,975 ftWIDTH45 m147 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2010–2021
96K
95K
102K
131K
146K
202K
221K
260K
274K
260K
115K
164K
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Routes

4 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsSaudia 3Flynas 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SHW. From the Wikipedia article “Sharurah Domestic Airport” (revision of 26 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers164K (2021)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,628of 3,974 · #64 Middle East · #19 SALongest runway3,650 m11,975 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=356of 29,823 · #64 Middle East · #17 SAElevation720 m2,363 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=7,384of 43,341 · #151 Middle East · #18 SAAgeOpened 19722026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=6,633of 15,079 · =44 Middle East · #8 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
EMRCRASH SVC133.500