Qaisumah Domestic Airport

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Coordinates: 28°20′06″N 046°07′30″E / 28.335, 46.125

Qaisumah Domestic Airport
Hafar Al-Batin Domestic Airport
مطار القيصومة المحلي
IATA: AQI – ICAO: OEPA
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Hafar Al-Batin
Location Qaisumah
Elevation AMSL 1,174 ft / 358 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16/34 3,000 9,843 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF [1][2]

Qaisumah Domestic Airport (IATA: AQI, ICAO: OEPA) is an airport in Qaisumah, Hafar Al-Batin, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. It's official name is Hafar Al-Batin Domestic Airport.

The airport began in 1962 as a dusty runway for a Dakota aircraft which was used at that time for transporting ARAMCO employees between its stations in the Kingdom’s northern region. Today, the airport has a 3000 meter runway capable of handling Boeing 737 aircraft, a total area of 11 million square meters, a 105 passenger terminal, a sewage system and a water treatment and stand-by power plant.[3]

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] References

  1. ^ Airport information for OEPA at World Aero Data. Source: DAFIF.
  2. ^ Airport information for AQI / OEPA at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF.
  3. ^ Qaisumah Domestic Airport (English)

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