Ḥa'il Regional Airport

Ha'il International Airport

مطار حائل الدولي

Maṭār Ḥā'il al-Iqlīmī
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGeneral Authority of Civil Aviation
ServesHa'il (Hail)
LocationHa'il Province, Saudi Arabia
Elevation AMSL3,331 ft / 1,015 m
Coordinates27°26′16″N 041°41′10″E / 27.43778°N 41.68611°E / 27.43778; 41.68611
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OEHL is located in Saudi Arabia
OEHL
OEHL
Location of airport in Saudi Arabia
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
18/36 3,720 12,204 Asphalt
Sources:[1][2]

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.

Facilities

The 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

Airlines offering regularly scheduled passenger service:

AirlinesDestinations
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

  • 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

References

  1. ^ a b Airport information for OEHL[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. ^ Airport information for HAS at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. ^ "IATA Airport Code Search (HAS: Hail)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Air Arabia Adds Hail Service from August 2013".
  5. ^ "طيران ناس". flynas.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-27. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  6. ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Airbus A300B4-622R registration unknown Hail Airport (HAS)". aviation-safety.net.