TIF

Taif International Airport

ICAO OETF21.4847°N 40.5441°E1,478 m / 4,848 ftLarge airport
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Taif International Airport (IATA: TIF, ICAO: OETF) is a large airport in Taif, Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,735 m (12,254 ft). It is operated by Saudi Arabian Armed Forces. In 2021 it handled 570 thousand passengers.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
07/25075° / 255° · LIT
LENGTH3,735 m12,254 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
17/35172° / 352° · LIT
LENGTH3,350 m10,991 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2010–2021
348K
530K
684K
921K
1.0M
1.2M
1.2M
1.1M
1.2M
1.2M
463K
570K
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Routes

15 destinations · 7 countries
1,000 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 miJED · King Abdulaziz International Airport · 145 km / 90 miMED · Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport · 352 km / 219 miAHB · Abha International Airport · 423 km / 263 miGIZ · Jizan Regional Airport / King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Airport · 553 km / 344 miRUH · King Khalid International Airport · 738 km / 459 miSHW · Sharurah Domestic Airport · 821 km / 510 miDMM · King Fahd International Airport · 1,091 km / 678 miKWI · Kuwait International Airport · 1,138 km / 707 miDOH · Hamad International Airport · 1,205 km / 749 miCAI · Cairo International Airport · 1,325 km / 823 miHBE · Alexandria International Airport · 1,506 km / 936 miDXB · Dubai International Airport · 1,569 km / 975 miSHJ · Sharjah International Airport · 1,585 km / 985 miMCT · Muscat International Airport · 1,836 km / 1,141 miIST · İstanbul Airport · 2,464 km / 1,531 miISTMCTSHJHBEDOHKWIDMMSHWRUHGIZAHBMEDJEDCAITIF
Year-round15
JEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia145 km90 miMEDPrince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia352 km219 miAHBAbha International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia423 km263 miGIZJizan Regional Airport / King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia553 km344 miRUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas, flyadeal, Saudia738 km459 miSHWSharurah Domestic AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia821 km510 miDMMKing Fahd International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas, flyadeal, Saudia1,091 km678 miKWIKuwait International AirportKuwait · Flynas1,138 km707 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways1,205 km749 miCAICairo International AirportEgypt · Nesma Airlines, EgyptAir, Air Arabia Egypt +21,325 km823 miHBEAlexandria International AirportEgypt · Air Arabia Egypt1,506 km936 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai1,569 km975 miSHJSharjah International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Air Arabia1,585 km985 miMCTMuscat International AirportOman · Flynas, Oman Air1,836 km1,141 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines2,464 km1,531 mi
Most destinationsSaudia 7Flynas 4flyadeal 2Air Arabia Egypt 2Qatar Airways 1Nesma Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from TIF. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Taif International Airport” (revision of 3 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers570K (2021)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,059of 3,974 · #40 Middle East · #9 SALongest runway3,735 m12,254 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#258of 29,823 · #52 Middle East · #10 SAElevation1,478 m4,848 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=2,231of 43,341 · #46 Middle East · #4 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

7 channels
A/GSAUDIA RDO131.500
APPAPP119.700
ATISATIS112.700
GNDGND121.900
POSTHOTEL 4730.000
TWRTWR118.700
RadarTaif Radar123.700