AirportsQaisumah–Hafar Al-Batin International Airport is a large airport serving Qaisumah, in Ash Sharqiyah Region, Saudi Arabia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is AQI.
Key facts
- IATA code
- AQI
- ICAO code
- OEPA
- City
- Qaisumah
- State or region
- Ash Sharqiyah Region
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 28.3357° N, 46.1271° E
- Elevation
- 358 m (1,174 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,050 m (10,007 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, AQI means Qaisumah–Hafar Al-Batin International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: OEPA. ICAO codes that begin with O belong to the Middle East, Pakistan and Afghanistan. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 28.3357° N, 46.1271° E. It stands 358 metres (1,174 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Riyadh, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Qaisumah–Hafar Al-Batin International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,050 metres (10,007 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 29 airports of Saudi Arabia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 17.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 3,050 m 10,007 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| King Khaled Military City AirportKing Khaled Military City | KMC | 76 km |
| Kuwait International AirportKuwait City, Kuwait | KWI | 205 km |
| Basra International AirportBasra, Iraq | BSR | 288 km |
| Rafha Domestic AirportRafha | RAH | 294 km |
| Abadan Ayatollah Jami International AirportAbadan, Iran | ABD | 304 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 3,019 km | 4 h 10 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 2,902 km | 4 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 979 km | 1 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 4,623 km | 6 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 10,160 km | 12 h 45 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,901 km | 16 h 05 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 6,824 km | 8 h 45 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,527 km | 10 h 45 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 13,014 km | 16 h 10 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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