Ha'il International Airport (Arabic: مطار حائل الدولي, IATA: HAS[3], ICAO: OEHL) is an airport serving Ha'il (also spelled Hail), the capital of the Ha'il Province in Saudi Arabia.
Ha'il International Airport مطار حائل الدولي Maṭār Ḥā'il al-Iqlīmī | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | General Authority of Civil Aviation | ||||||||||
| Serves | Ha'il (Hail) | ||||||||||
| Location | Ha'il Province, Saudi Arabia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,331 ft / 1,015 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°26′16″N 041°41′10″E / 27.43778°N 41.68611°E | ||||||||||
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Facilities
editThe airport resides at an elevation of 3,331 feet (1,015 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,720 by 45 metres (12,205 ft × 148 ft).[1]
Airlines and destinations
editAirlines offering regularly scheduled passenger service:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Arabia | Cairo, Sharjah[4] |
| flyadeal | Dammam, Jeddah, Riyadh |
| flydubai | Dubai–International |
| Flynas | Dammam,[5] Riyadh |
| Jazeera Airways | Kuwait |
| Nile Air | Cairo |
| Nesma Airlines | Cairo |
| Saudia | Dammam, Jeddah, Riyadh |
Note all international flights all offered by non-domestic airlines.
Accidents and incidents
edit- On September 14, 2000, a Qatar Airways Airbus A300 from Doha en route to Amman, Jordan, was diverted to Ha'il Airport after being hijacked by an Iraqi asylum seeker. The hijacker immediately surrendered to Saudi authorities upon landing, and the flight continued onward to Amman with no injuries or casualties.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Airport information for OEHL[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ^ Airport information for HAS at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ "IATA Airport Code Search (HAS: Hail)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ "Air Arabia Adds Hail Service from August 2013".
- ^ "طيران ناس". flynas.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-27. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Airbus A300B4-622R registration unknown Hail Airport (HAS)". aviation-safety.net.
External links
edit- Aeronautical chart and airport information for OEHL at SkyVector
- Current weather for OEHL at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for HAS at Aviation Safety Network