SAH

Sanaa International Airport

ICAO OYSN15.4763°N 44.2197°E2,199 m / 7,216 ftLarge airport
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Sanaa International Airport (IATA: SAH, ICAO: OYSN) is a large airport in Sanaa, Sanaa Municipality, Yemen. It opened in 1964. It has one runway, 3,252 m (10,669 ft) long, asphalt.

Timeline

3 events · 1964–2015
1964
OpenedSanaa International Airport opens.
28 APR 2015
DisasterFelix Airways CRJ700 destruction.
04 MAY 2015
Disaster7O-ADG destruction.
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
قاعة الوصول والمغادرة لمطار صنعاء
18/36180° / 360° · LIT
LENGTH3,252 m10,669 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

1 destinations · 1 country
500 km1,000 km1,500 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 miAMM · Queen Alia International Airport · 1,990 km / 1,237 miAMMSAH

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SAH. From the Wikipedia article “Sanaa International Airport” (revision of 27 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,252 m10,669 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=761of 29,823 · #92 Middle East · #3 YEElevation2,199 m7,216 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#451of 43,341 · #1 Middle East · #1 YEAgeOpened 19642026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=5,263of 15,079 · #33 Middle East · #1 YERunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =72 Middle East · =1 YE
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

2 channels
GNDGND121.600
TWRTWR118.900