# Prince Abdulmohsen Bin Abdulaziz International Airport (YNB / OEYN)

**Prince Abdulmohsen Bin Abdulaziz International Airport** (IATA: YNB, ICAO: OEYN) is a large airport in Yanbu, Al Madinah Region, Saudi Arabia. It opened in 1979. It has one runway, 3,210 m (10,532 ft) long, asphalt. In 2021 it handled 237 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YNB / OEYN
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Yanbu, Al Madinah Region, Saudi Arabia
- Opened: 1979 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 8 m / 26 ft
- Coordinates: 24.1442, 38.0634
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,210 m / 10,532 ft
- Passengers: 237,029 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Asia/Riyadh
- Website: https://gaca.gov.sa/web/en-gb/airport/prince-abdulmohsin-bin-abdulaziz-airport
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Abdulmohsen_Bin_Abdulaziz_International_Airport (16 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2875998
- Weather station: OEYN · WMO 40439
- Ident: OEYN

## Timeline

- 1979: Prince Abdulmohsen Bin Abdulaziz International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 3,210 m / 10,532 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 103° / 283° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 355,000 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 377,000 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 636,000 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 766,000 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 817,000 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 960,000 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,029,179 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 761,223 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 769,437 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 696,662 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 247,216 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 237,029 | Wikidata |

## Routes

8 destinations in 4 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (8)

- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 296 km / 184 mi · Saudia
- [HMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesg.md) Suhaj International Airport · Egypt · 681 km / 423 mi · Air Cairo
- [RUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerk.md) King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 878 km / 546 mi · Saudia
- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 935 km / 581 mi · Nesma Airlines, Air Arabia, Nile Air, AlMasria Universal Airlines
- [HBE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heba.md) Alexandria International Airport · Egypt · 1,117 km / 694 mi · Air Cairo, Nile Air
- [DMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oedf.md) King Fahd International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,207 km / 750 mi · Flynas, flyadeal
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 1,373 km / 853 mi · Qatar Airways
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 2,092 km / 1,300 mi · Turkish Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (10)

- SM [Air Cairo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-cairo) · 2
- NP [Nile Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nile-air) · 2
- SV [Saudia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/saudia) · 2
- G9 [Air Arabia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-arabia) · 1
- UJ [AlMasria Universal Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/almasria-universal-airlines) · 1
- F3 [flyadeal](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flyadeal) · 1
- XY [Flynas](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flynas) · 1
- NE [Nesma Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nesma-airlines) · 1
- QR [Qatar Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qatar-airways) · 1
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 237K (2021) | #1,464 of 3,974 | #59 in Middle East | #16 in SA |
| Longest runway | 3,210 m / 10,532 ft | =793 of 29,858 | #97 in Middle East | #22 in SA |
| Elevation | 8 m / 26 ft | =40,786 of 43,403 | =414 in Middle East | =72 in SA |
| Age | Opened 1979 | =7,894 of 15,079 | =62 in Middle East | =14 in SA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =72 in Middle East | =12 in SA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | INFO | 118.100 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.800 |
| MISC | FIRE RESCUE SVC | 133.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [OEMD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oemd.md) The Saudi Aviation Club (SAC) Airport · 127 km / 79 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: “Prince Abdulmohsen Bin Abdulaziz International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prince_Abdulmohsen_Bin_Abdulaziz_International_Airport&oldid=1363072861), 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/oeyn/data