# Turaif Domestic Airport (TUI / OETR)

**Turaif Domestic Airport** (IATA: TUI, ICAO: OETR) is a medium airport in Turaif, The Northern Border Region, Saudi Arabia. It opened in 1951. It has one runway, 3,000 m (9,843 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by General Authority of Civil Aviation. In 2021 it handled 60 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TUI / OETR
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: General Authority of Civil Aviation
- Serves: Turaif, The Northern Border Region, Saudi Arabia
- Opened: 1951
- Elevation: 854 m / 2,803 ft
- Coordinates: 31.6922, 38.7315
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,000 m / 9,843 ft
- Passengers: 60,389 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Asia/Riyadh
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turaif_Domestic_Airport (16 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2743305
- Weather station: OETR · WMO 40356
- Ident: OETR

## Timeline

- 1951: Turaif Domestic Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 105° / 285° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 58,000 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 51,000 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 51,000 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 53,000 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 56,000 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 63,000 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 78,526 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 103,068 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 106,532 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 104,678 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 43,292 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 60,389 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (4)

- [HAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oehl.md) Hail International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 553 km / 344 mi · Nesma Airlines
- [RUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerk.md) King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,080 km / 671 mi · Saudia
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,114 km / 692 mi · Saudia
- [DMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oedf.md) King Fahd International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,221 km / 759 mi · Saudia

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- SV [Saudia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/saudia) · 3
- NE [Nesma Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nesma-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 60K (2021) | #2,012 of 3,974 | #71 in Middle East | #24 in SA |
| Longest runway | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | =1,196 of 29,858 | =137 in Middle East | =37 in SA |
| Elevation | 854 m / 2,803 ft | #5,985 of 43,403 | #126 in Middle East | #12 in SA |
| Age | Opened 1951 | =3,751 of 15,079 | =19 in Middle East | =2 in SA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =72 in Middle East | =12 in SA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | SAUDIA RDO | 131.500 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [IQ-0040](https://dromopedia.com/airports/iq-0040.md) Ruwayshid Air Base · 88 km / 54 mi
- [URY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oegt.md) Gurayat Domestic Airport · 141 km / 88 mi
- [IQ-0021](https://dromopedia.com/airports/iq-0021.md) H3 Southwest Air Base · 143 km / 89 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: “Turaif Domestic Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Turaif_Domestic_Airport&oldid=1371388670), 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/oetr/data