# Sharurah Domestic Airport (SHW / OESH)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SHW / OESH
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Sharurah, Najran Region, Saudi Arabia
- Opened: 1972 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 720 m / 2,363 ft
- Coordinates: 17.4669, 47.1214
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,650 m / 11,975 ft
- Passengers: 164,316 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Asia/Riyadh
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharurah_Domestic_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2876026
- Weather station: OESH · WMO 41136
- Ident: OESH

## Timeline

- 1972: Sharurah Domestic Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 3,650 m / 11,975 ft | 45 m / 147 ft | Asphalt | 085° / 265° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 96,000 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 95,000 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 102,000 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 131,000 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 146,000 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 202,000 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 221,071 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 260,309 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 273,830 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 259,894 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 114,744 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 164,316 | Wikidata |

## Routes

4 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [AHB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oeab.md) Abha International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 480 km / 298 mi · Flynas
- [TIF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oetf.md) Taif International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 821 km / 510 mi · Saudia
- [RUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerk.md) King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 834 km / 518 mi · Saudia
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 957 km / 595 mi · Saudia

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- SV [Saudia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/saudia) · 3
- XY [Flynas](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flynas) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 164K (2021) | #1,628 of 3,974 | #64 in Middle East | #19 in SA |
| Longest runway | 3,650 m / 11,975 ft | =356 of 29,858 | #64 in Middle East | #17 in SA |
| Elevation | 720 m / 2,363 ft | =7,389 of 43,403 | #151 in Middle East | #18 in SA |
| Age | Opened 1972 | =6,630 of 15,079 | =44 in Middle East | #8 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

No open airport within 150 km / 93 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: “Sharurah Domestic Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sharurah_Domestic_Airport&oldid=1371388665), revision of 26 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/oesh/data