# Al Udeid Air Base (XJD / OTBH)

**Al Udeid Air Base** (IATA: XJD, ICAO: OTBH) is a medium airport in Ar Rayyan, Al Rayyan Municipality, Qatar. It opened in 1996. It has one runway, 3,750 m (12,303 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by United States Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: XJD / OTBH
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: United States Air Force
- Owner: Emir of the State of Qatar
- Serves: Ar Rayyan, Al Rayyan Municipality, Qatar
- Opened: 1996
- Elevation: 40 m / 130 ft
- Coordinates: 25.1173, 51.3150
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,750 m / 12,303 ft
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Asia/Qatar
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Udeid_Air_Base (25 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q542588
- Weather station: OTBH
- Ident: OTBH

## Timeline

- 1996: Al Udeid Air Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 3,750 m / 12,303 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 158° / 338° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,750 m / 12,303 ft | =250 of 29,858 | #51 in Middle East | #3 in QA |
| Elevation | 40 m / 130 ft | =35,893 of 43,403 | #337 in Middle East | #1 in QA |
| Age | Opened 1996 | =10,634 of 15,079 | #85 in Middle East | #1 in QA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =72 in Middle East | =2 in QA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | SOF | 28.145 |
| ACC | DOHA APP | 121.100 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 123.750 |
| GND | GND | 135.500 |
| INFO | DOHA INFO | 126.450 |
| MISC | AMCC | 127.800 |
| PMSV | METRO | 39.000 |
| POST | COMD POST | 32.212 |
| PTD | PTD | 29.220 |
| TWR | TWR | 125.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [DIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/otbd.md) Doha International Airport · 30 km / 18 mi
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · 34 km / 21 mi
- [OBBS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/obbs.md) Sheik Isa Air Base · 115 km / 71 mi
- [BAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/obbi.md) Bahrain International Airport · 145 km / 90 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)
- [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/otbh/data