# Socotra Airport (SCT / OYSQ)

**Socotra Airport** (IATA: SCT, ICAO: OYSQ) is a medium airport in Mori, Socotra Archipelago Governorate, Yemen. It opened in 1999. It has one runway, 3,300 m (10,827 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SCT / OYSQ
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Mori, Socotra Archipelago Governorate, Yemen
- Opened: 1999
- Elevation: 45 m / 146 ft
- Coordinates: 12.6321, 53.9062
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,300 m / 10,827 ft
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Asia/Aden
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socotra_Airport (19 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2583995
- Weather station: OYSQ
- Ident: OYSQ

## Timeline

- 1999: Socotra Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 3,300 m / 10,827 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 026° / 206° | yes |

- 03/21 slopes 1.1%: threshold 21 at 9 m / 30 ft, threshold 03 at 45 m / 146 ft.

## Routes

4 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [AAY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oygd.md) Al Ghaydah International Airport · Yemen · 438 km / 272 mi · Yemenia
- [RIY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oyrn.md) Riyan International Airport · Yemen · 539 km / 335 mi · Yemenia
- [ADE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oyaa.md) Aden International Airport · Yemen · 963 km / 598 mi · Yemenia
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,860 km / 1,156 mi · Yemenia

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- IY [Yemenia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/yemenia) · 4

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,300 m / 10,827 ft | =712 of 29,858 | =86 in Middle East | #2 in YE |
| Elevation | 45 m / 146 ft | =35,446 of 43,403 | =330 in Middle East | #19 in YE |
| Age | Opened 1999 | =11,027 of 15,079 | =87 in Middle East | #2 in YE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =72 in Middle East | =1 in YE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | RDO | 759.500 |
| GND | GND | 121.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

No open airport within 150 km / 93 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: “Socotra Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Socotra_Airport&oldid=1374512114), revision of 12 Sep 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/oysq/data