# Al Ghaydah International Airport (AAY / OYGD)

**Al Ghaydah International Airport** (IATA: AAY, ICAO: OYGD) is a medium airport in Al Ghaydah, Al Mahrah Governorate, Yemen. It has one runway, 2,700 m (8,858 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AAY / OYGD
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Al Ghaydah, Al Mahrah Governorate, Yemen
- Elevation: 41 m / 134 ft
- Coordinates: 16.1933, 52.1742
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,700 m / 8,858 ft
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Asia/Aden
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Ghaydah_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2583916
- Weather station: OYGD
- Ident: OYGD

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 2,700 m / 8,858 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 082° / 262° | yes |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [SCT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oysq.md) Socotra Airport · Yemen · 438 km / 272 mi · Yemenia
- [ADE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oyaa.md) Aden International Airport · Yemen · 855 km / 531 mi · Yemenia

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- IY [Yemenia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/yemenia) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,700 m / 8,858 ft | =1,894 of 29,858 | =182 in Middle East | #12 in YE |
| Elevation | 41 m / 134 ft | =35,764 of 43,403 | #336 in Middle East | #20 in YE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =72 in Middle East | =1 in YE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| GND | GND | 121.600 |
| RDO | A/G | 759.500 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [OYQN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oyqn.md) Qishn Airport · 101 km / 63 mi
- [OM-0036](https://dromopedia.com/airports/om-0036.md) Sarfayt Airport · 114 km / 71 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: “Al Ghaydah Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Al_Ghaydah_Airport&oldid=1362958487), 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/oygd/data