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Al Dhafra Air Base

ICAO OMAM24.2482°N 54.5477°E24 m / 77 ftMedium airport
On the map
Two USAF F-35As at Al Dhafra Air Base before performing at the Dubai Airshow 2025
Staff Sgt. Nicholas Rupiper · Public domain · Commons

Al Dhafra Air Base (IATA: DHF, ICAO: OMAM) is a medium airport in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates. It opened in 1992. It has 3 runways; the longest is 3,661 m (12,012 ft). It is operated by United States Air Force.

Timeline

2 events · 1992–2008
1992
OpenedAl Dhafra Air Base opens.
01 SEP 2008
MilestoneFrench Air Force becomes the operator.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
13R/31L127° / 307° · LIT
LENGTH3,661 m12,012 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt
13L/31R127° / 307° · LIT
LENGTH3,661 m12,012 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt
13/31
LENGTH—WIDTH—SURFACE—

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,661 m12,012 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=300of 29,823 · #56 Middle East · #8 AEElevation24 m77 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=37,823of 43,341 · #367 Middle East · #17 AEAgeOpened 19922026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=10,004of 15,079 · #79 Middle East · #6 AERunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =2 Middle East · #1 AE
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/DAL DHAFRA ARR/DEP124.500
ACPDRACO OPS123.450
APPABU DHABI APP124.400
GNDGND119.600
OPSBASS OPS26.450
PMSVPMSV/CP30.835
TWRTWR118.300