# Rayak Air Base, Rayak, Lebanon

**Rayak Air Base** is a medium airport in Rayak, Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon. It opened in 1914. It has one runway, 2,969 m (9,740 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Lebanese Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Lebanese Air Force
- Serves: Rayak, Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon
- Opened: 1914
- Elevation: 920 m / 3,018 ft
- Coordinates: 33.8508, 35.9877
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,969 m / 9,740 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Asia/Beirut
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayak_Air_Base (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2916270
- Weather station: OLBA · WMO 40100
- Ident: OLRA

## Timeline

- 1914: Rayak Air Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 2,969 m / 9,740 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 046° / 226° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,969 m / 9,740 ft | #1,463 of 29,858 | #163 in Middle East | #3 in LB |
| Elevation | 920 m / 3,018 ft | =5,434 of 43,403 | #114 in Middle East | #2 in LB |
| Age | Opened 1914 | =81 of 15,079 | #1 in Middle East | #1 in LB |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =72 in Middle East | =2 in LB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 119.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [BEY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/olba.md) Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport · 46 km / 29 mi
- [Z19O](https://dromopedia.com/airports/z19o.md) Wujah Al Hajar Air Base · 56 km / 35 mi
- [DAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/osdi.md) Damascus International Airport · 69 km / 43 mi
- [OS64](https://dromopedia.com/airports/os64.md) An Nasiriyah Air Base · 81 km / 51 mi
- [KYE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/olka.md) Rene Mouawad Air Base · 82 km / 51 mi
- [OS70](https://dromopedia.com/airports/os70.md) Al Qusayr Air Base · 96 km / 60 mi

## In collections

- [Oldest airports still open](https://dromopedia.com/collections/oldest) #53

## 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)
- [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/olra/data