Ha'il Regional Airport

Ha'il Regional Airport (Arabic: مطار حائل الإقليمي‎, 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 Regional Airport

مطار حائل الإقليمي

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
Map
OEHL
Location of airport in Saudi Arabia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
18/36 3,720 12,204 Asphalt
Sources:[1][2]

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 Sharjah[4]
FlyBosnia Seasonal: Sarajevo[5]
flydubai Dubai–International
Flynas Dammam,[6] Riyadh
Nesma Airlines Al Jawf,[7] Al Qaisumah, Arar,[8] Gassim,[8] Gurayat, Jeddah,[9] Medina,[9] Rafha,[7] Tabuk,[10] Turaif[9]
Nile Air 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.[11]

See also

References
  1. Airport information for OEHL 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. 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Air Arabia Adds Hail Service from August 2013".CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. https://www.sarajevo-airport.ba/Schedule
  6. "طيران ناس". flynas.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-27. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  7. "نسما للطيران عبر تويتر". twitter.com/NesmaAirlines. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
  8. 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Nesma Airlines expands Hail routes in March 2017".CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Nesma Airlines expands Hail service in Nov 2016".CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. "صحيفة عين حائل الاخبارية". Hail2h.net. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
  11. Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Airbus A300B4-622R registration unknown Hail Airport (HAS)". aviation-safety.net.


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