AUH
Zayed International Airport
Zayed International Airport (IATA: AUH, ICAO: OMAA) is a large airport in Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates. It opened in 1982. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,106 m (13,471 ft). It is operated by Abu Dhabi Airports. In 2023 it handled 22.9 million passengers.
Timeline
1 event · 1982–19821982
OpenedZayed International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap13R/31L128° / 308° · LIT
LENGTH4,106 m13,471 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
13L/31R128° / 308° · LIT
LENGTH4,100 m13,451 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2012–202314.7M
16.5M
19.9M
23.3M
24.5M
25.9M
21.3M
21.2M
5.5M
5.3M
15.6M
22.9M
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Routes
170 destinations · 74 countriesYear-round149
DOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways, Etihad Airways320 km199 miMCTMuscat International AirportOman · Etihad Airways, SalamAir, Air Arabia +1381 km237 miBAHBahrain International AirportBahrain · Etihad Airways, Air Arabia, Gulf Air451 km280 miDMMKing Fahd International AirportSaudi Arabia · Etihad Airways537 km334 miRUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas, Etihad Airways, Saudia805 km500 miSLLSalalah International AirportOman · Air Arabia825 km513 miKWIKuwait International AirportKuwait · Jazeera Airways, Etihad Airways, Air Arabia849 km528 miELQPrince Naif bin Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Etihad Airways1,112 km691 miKHIJinnah International AirportPakistan · Etihad Airways1,265 km786 miBGWBaghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air BaseIraq · Air Arabia1,409 km876 miMEDPrince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz AirportSaudi Arabia · Etihad Airways1,511 km939 miJEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Etihad Airways, Saudia1,613 km1,002 miRSIRed Sea International AirportSaudi Arabia · Etihad Airways1,773 km1,102 miKBLKabul International AirportAfghanistan · Etihad Airways1,800 km1,118 miGYDHeydar Aliyev International AirportAzerbaijan · Air Arabia1,833 km1,139 miAMDSardar Vallabh Patel International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Akasa Air, Etihad Airways +11,835 km1,140 miPZUPort Sudan New International AirportSudan · Badr Airlines1,879 km1,168 miASMAsmara International AirportEritrea · Etihad Airways1,932 km1,200 miPEWBacha Khan International AirportPakistan · Etihad Airways1,947 km1,210 miBOMChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International AirportIndia · Etihad Airways, Air India Express1,971 km1,225 miEVNZvartnots International AirportArmenia · Air Arabia1,991 km1,237 miNMINavi Mumbai International AirportIndia · Air India Express1,995 km1,240 miAMMQueen Alia International AirportJordan · Etihad Airways, Air Arabia, Royal Jordanian1,998 km1,241 miADJMarka International (Amman Civil) AirportJordan · Air Arabia2,007 km1,247 miDAMDamascus International AirportSyria · Fly Cham, Etihad Airways, Syrian Air2,023 km1,257 miAQJKing Hussein International AirportJordan · Royal Jordanian2,025 km1,258 miISBIslamabad International AirportPakistan · Etihad Airways2,033 km1,263 miLHEAllama Iqbal International AirportPakistan · Etihad Airways2,089 km1,298 miPNQPune International AirportIndia · Air India Express2,095 km1,302 miTLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · Etihad Airways2,107 km1,309 miTBSTbilisi International AirportGeorgia · Air Arabia2,115 km1,314 miSKTSialkot International AirportPakistan · Air Arabia2,122 km1,319 miBEYBeirut Rafic Hariri International AirportLebanon · Air Arabia, Middle East Airlines - Air Liban2,128 km1,322 miATQSri Guru Ram Das Ji International AirportIndia · Air India Express2,131 km1,324 miJAIJaipur International AirportIndia · Etihad Airways2,136 km1,327 miMCXMakhachkala Uytash International AirportRussia · Pobeda2,142 km1,331 miIDRDevi Ahilya Bai Holkar International AirportIndia · Air India Express2,162 km1,343 miGOXManohar International AirportIndia · Air India Express2,224 km1,382 miDELIndira Gandhi International AirportIndia · Etihad Airways2,276 km1,414 miIXCShaheed Bhagat Singh International AirportIndia · IndiGo2,285 km1,420 miHMBSuhaj International AirportEgypt · Air Arabia2,308 km1,434 miTASTashkent International AirportUzbekistan · Air Samarkand, Etihad Airways, Air Arabia2,309 km1,435 miLCALarnaca International AirportCyprus · Wizz Air2,332 km1,449 miCAICairo International AirportEgypt · Etihad Airways, EgyptAir, Air Arabia2,378 km1,478 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Etihad Airways, Ethiopian Airlines2,405 km1,494 miIXEMangaluru International AirportIndia · IndiGo2,480 km1,541 miAERSochi International AirportRussia · Etihad Airways2,502 km1,555 miHBEAlexandria International AirportEgypt · Air Arabia2,554 km1,587 miHYDRajiv Gandhi International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Etihad Airways, Air India Express2,594 km1,612 miCNNKannur International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Air India Express2,604 km1,618 miLKOChaudhary Charan Singh International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Air India Express2,639 km1,640 miAYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · SunExpress2,657 km1,651 miCCJCalicut International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Etihad Airways, Air Arabia +12,691 km1,672 miBLRKempegowda International Airport BengaluruIndia · IndiGo, Akasa Air, Etihad Airways +12,724 km1,693 miCJBCoimbatore International AirportIndia · IndiGo2,794 km1,736 miCOKCochin International AirportIndia · Etihad Airways2,796 km1,737 miALAAlmaty International AirportKazakhstan · Air Arabia, Air Astana2,930 km1,821 miTRVThiruvananthapuram International AirportIndia · Etihad Airways, Air Arabia2,956 km1,837 miTRZTiruchirappalli International AirportIndia · IndiGo2,962 km1,841 miIXMMadurai AirportIndia · IndiGo2,965 km1,842 miMAAChennai International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Akasa Air, Etihad Airways +12,966 km1,843 miSAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines2,977 km1,850 miADBAdnan Menderes International AirportTürkiye · SunExpress3,013 km1,872 miMLEVelana International AirportMaldives · Etihad Airways3,025 km1,880 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Etihad Airways, Turkish Airlines3,040 km1,889 miVTZAlluri Sitarama Raju International Airport (Vizag)India · IndiGo3,070 km1,908 miKTMTribhuvan International AirportNepal · Air Arabia3,081 km1,914 miBBIBiju Patnaik International AirportIndia · IndiGo3,232 km2,008 miSEZSeychelles International AirportSeychelles · Air Seychelles3,239 km2,013 miATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Etihad Airways3,262 km2,027 miNQZNursultan Nazarbayev International AirportKazakhstan · Air Astana3,288 km2,043 miCMBBandaranaike International Colombo AirportSri Lanka · Etihad Airways, Air Arabia3,301 km2,051 miOTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · Etihad Airways3,411 km2,119 miCCUNetaji Subhash Chandra Bose International AirportIndia · Etihad Airways, Air Arabia3,443 km2,139 miNBOJomo Kenyatta International AirportKenya · Etihad Airways3,444 km2,140 miSOFSofia AirportBulgaria · Wizz Air3,502 km2,176 miDACHazrat Shahjalal International AirportBangladesh · US-Bangla Airlines, Etihad Airways3,618 km2,248 miSVXKoltsovo AirportRussia · Air Arabia3,626 km2,253 miDMEDomodedovo International AirportRussia · Air Arabia3,706 km2,303 miGAULokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International AirportIndia · Air India Express3,706 km2,303 miVKOVnukovo International AirportRussia · Pobeda3,743 km2,326 miSVOSheremetyevo International AirportRussia · Etihad Airways, Aeroflot3,776 km2,346 miBUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Wizz Air4,027 km2,502 miKRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Wizz Air4,135 km2,569 miWAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · Etihad Airways4,190 km2,604 miKTWKatowice Wojciech Korfanty International AirportPoland · Wizz Air4,200 km2,610 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · Etihad Airways4,241 km2,635 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Etihad Airways4,338 km2,696 miTUNTunis Carthage International AirportTunisia · Etihad Airways4,424 km2,749 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Etihad Airways4,486 km2,787 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Etihad Airways4,579 km2,845 miCNXChiang Mai International AirportThailand · Etihad Airways4,606 km2,862 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Condor Flugdienst4,640 km2,883 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Etihad Airways4,713 km2,929 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Etihad Airways4,779 km2,970 miCPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Etihad Airways4,854 km3,016 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Etihad Airways, Condor Flugdienst4,862 km3,021 miTFUChengdu Tianfu International AirportChina · Etihad Airways4,921 km3,058 miGVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · Etihad Airways4,926 km3,061 miBKKSuvarnabhumi AirportThailand · Etihad Airways4,966 km3,086 miFBMLubumbashi International AirportCongo - Kinshasa · Etihad Airways4,972 km3,089 miHKTPhuket International AirportThailand · Etihad Airways4,975 km3,091 miGOTGöteborg Landvetter AirportSweden · Etihad Airways4,983 km3,096 miLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Etihad Airways5,010 km3,113 miDUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Etihad Airways5,025 km3,122 miKBVKrabi International AirportThailand · Etihad Airways5,042 km3,133 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Etihad Airways5,166 km3,210 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Etihad Airways5,167 km3,211 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · Etihad Airways5,191 km3,226 miHANNoi Bai International AirportVietnam · Etihad Airways5,226 km3,247 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Etihad Airways5,251 km3,263 miFIHNdjili International AirportCongo - Kinshasa · Etihad Airways5,315 km3,303 miHRERobert Gabriel Mugabe International AirportZimbabwe · Etihad Airways5,359 km3,330 miKTITecho International AirportCambodia · Etihad Airways5,483 km3,407 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · Etihad Airways, British Airways5,516 km3,427 miKULKuala Lumpur International AirportMalaysia · Etihad Airways5,589 km3,473 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Etihad Airways5,638 km3,503 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Etihad Airways5,678 km3,528 miHAKHaikou Meilan International AirportChina · Hainan Airlines5,731 km3,561 miLOSMurtala Muhammed International AirportNigeria · Etihad Airways5,808 km3,609 miSINSingapore Changi AirportSingapore · Etihad Airways5,886 km3,657 miCANGuangzhou Baiyun International AirportChina · Etihad Airways5,916 km3,676 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · Etihad Airways5,940 km3,691 miPKXBeijing Daxing International AirportChina · Etihad Airways5,943 km3,693 miPEKBeijing Capital International AirportChina · Air China5,956 km3,701 miSZXShenzhen Bao'an International AirportChina · Etihad Airways5,986 km3,720 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Etihad Airways6,007 km3,733 miCMNMohammed V International AirportMorocco · Etihad Airways6,052 km3,761 miLISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · Etihad Airways6,123 km3,805 miACCKotoka International AirportGhana · Etihad Airways6,202 km3,854 miJNBO.R. Tambo International AirportSouth Africa · Etihad Airways6,299 km3,914 miHGHHangzhou Xiaoshan International AirportChina · Etihad Airways6,441 km4,002 miPVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · Etihad Airways6,550 km4,070 miCGKSoekarno-Hatta International AirportIndonesia · Etihad Airways6,575 km4,086 miTPETaiwan Taoyuan International AirportTaiwan · Etihad Airways6,649 km4,131 miICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Etihad Airways6,837 km4,248 miMNLNinoy Aquino International AirportPhilippines · Etihad Airways6,984 km4,340 miDPSDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International AirportIndonesia · Etihad Airways7,525 km4,676 miNRTNarita International AirportJapan · Etihad Airways8,088 km5,026 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · Etihad Airways10,731 km6,668 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Etihad Airways11,031 km6,854 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Etihad Airways11,122 km6,911 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · Etihad Airways11,386 km7,075 miYYCCalgary International AirportCanada · Etihad Airways11,540 km7,171 miMELMelbourne AirportAustralia · Etihad Airways11,652 km7,240 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · Etihad Airways11,687 km7,262 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · Etihad Airways11,900 km7,394 miSYDSydney Kingsford Smith International AirportAustralia · Etihad Airways12,062 km7,495 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Etihad Airways12,242 km7,607 miSeasonal19
SLLSalalah International AirportOman · Etihad Airways825 km513 miATZAsyut International AirportEgypt · Air Arabia2,382 km1,480 miSPXSphinx International AirportEgypt · Air Arabia2,426 km1,507 miDBBEl Alamein International AirportEgypt · Etihad Airways2,670 km1,659 miJTRSantorini International AirportGreece · Etihad Airways3,081 km1,914 miJMKMykonos Island National AirportGreece · Etihad Airways3,128 km1,944 miATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Aegean Airlines3,262 km2,027 miOTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · Animawings3,411 km2,119 miKZNKazan International AirportRussia · Etihad Airways3,493 km2,170 miCLJAvram Iancu Cluj International AirportRomania · Wizz Air3,700 km2,299 miZNZAbeid Amani Karume International AirportTanzania · Etihad Airways3,797 km2,359 miKRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Etihad Airways4,135 km2,569 miLEDPulkovo AirportRussia · Etihad Airways4,362 km2,710 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Eurowings4,640 km2,883 miNCENice-Côte d'Azur AirportFrance · Etihad Airways4,783 km2,972 miLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Luxair5,010 km3,113 miPMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Etihad Airways5,099 km3,168 miAGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Etihad Airways5,734 km3,563 miKIXKansai International AirportJapan · Etihad Airways7,684 km4,775 miSeasonal charter3
NUENuremberg AirportGermany · Smartwings4,672 km2,903 miLEJLeipzig/Halle AirportGermany · Smartwings4,676 km2,906 miCGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Smartwings4,986 km3,098 miCargo18
DMMKing Fahd International AirportSaudi Arabia · Etihad Airways537 km334 miBOMChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International AirportIndia · Etihad Airways1,971 km1,225 miDELIndira Gandhi International AirportIndia · Etihad Airways2,276 km1,414 miBLRKempegowda International Airport BengaluruIndia · Etihad Airways2,724 km1,693 miMAAChennai International AirportIndia · Etihad Airways2,966 km1,843 miDACHazrat Shahjalal International AirportBangladesh · Etihad Airways3,618 km2,248 miCGPShah Amanat International AirportBangladesh · Etihad Airways3,791 km2,356 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Etihad Airways4,862 km3,021 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · Etihad Airways5,191 km3,226 miHANNoi Bai International AirportVietnam · Etihad Airways5,226 km3,247 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Etihad Airways5,251 km3,263 miEMAEast Midlands AirportUnited Kingdom · Etihad Airways5,604 km3,482 miEHUEzhou Huahu International AirportChina · Etihad Airways5,930 km3,685 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Etihad Airways6,007 km3,733 miPVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · Etihad Airways6,550 km4,070 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · Etihad Airways10,731 km6,668 miLCKRickenbacker International AirportUnited States · Etihad Airways11,626 km7,224 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · Etihad Airways12,622 km7,843 miMost destinationsEtihad Airways 120Air Arabia 28IndiGo 14Air India Express 12Wizz Air 6Akasa Air 3
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from AUH. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Zayed International Airport” (revision of 24 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: 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
3 channelsAPPRDR124.400
ATISATIS125.100
TWRTWR119.200