AirportsRafha Domestic Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Rafha, in The Northern Border Region, Saudi Arabia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is RAH.
Key facts
- IATA code
- RAH
- ICAO code
- OERF
- City
- Rafha
- State or region
- The Northern Border Region
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 29.6264° N, 43.4906° E
- Elevation
- 449 m (1,474 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,997 m (9,834 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, RAH means Rafha Domestic Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: OERF. 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 29.6264° N, 43.4906° E. It stands 449 metres (1,474 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Turubah, about 162 km away in a straight line.
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
Rafha Domestic Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,997 metres (9,834 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 29.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 2,997 m 9,834 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arar Domestic AirportArar | RAE | 267 km |
| King Khaled Military City AirportKing Khaled Military City | KMC | 276 km |
| Al Najaf International AirportNajaf, Iraq | NJF | 277 km |
| Qaisumah–Hafar Al-Batin International AirportQaisumah | AQI | 294 km |
| Hail International AirportHail | HAS | 300 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 3,256 km | 4 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 3,187 km | 4 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 1,269 km | 2 h 00 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 4,343 km | 5 h 45 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 9,882 km | 12 h 25 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,695 km | 15 h 50 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 7,108 km | 9 h 05 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,661 km | 10 h 55 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 13,308 km | 16 h 30 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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