Al-Ahsa International Airport
Al-Ahsa International Airport (Arabic: مطار الأحساء الدولي, IATA: HOF[3], ICAO: OEAH) is an airport serving Hofuf (also known as Al-Ahsa or Al-Hasa), a city in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.
Al-Ahsa International Airport مطار الأحساء الدولي | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Government | ||||||||||
| Serves | Al-Ahsa Governorate | ||||||||||
| Location | Hofuf | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 588 ft / 179 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°17′07″N 049°29′06″E | ||||||||||
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History
During Operation Desert Shield and the First Gulf War in 1991, it served as an air base for the French Air Force.
GACA formally approved the airport’s international status in 2011.[4] The airport is expected to grow by 300,000 passengers per annum between 2015 and 2020, a GACA study predicted.[4] Around 300,000 expatriate workers live in the area.[4]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| flydubai | Dubai–International[5] |
| flynas | Jeddah,[6] Medina[6] |
| Saudia | Jeddah |
References
- Airport information for OEAH from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- Airport information for HOF at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- "IATA Airport Code Search (HOF – City: Hofuf, Airport: Al-Ahsa)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- International flights soon from Al-Ahsa airport Arab News 16 September 2013
- Ltd. 2019, UBM (UK). "flydubai adds Hofuf service in March 2019". Routesonline.
- Liu, Jim. "flynas W19 network expansion". Routesonline. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
External links
Media related to Al-Ahsa Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Aeronautical chart and airport information for OEAH at SkyVector
- Current weather for OEAH at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for HOF at Aviation Safety Network
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140116135927/http://www.alriyadh.com/net/article/901315
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