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AlUla International Airport

مطار العلا الدولي

Maṭār al-ʿUlā al-Duwalī
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorMatarat Holding Company
ServesAlUla
LocationAlUla municipality
Opened31 October 2011; 13 years ago (2011-10-31)
Elevation AMSL2,047[1] ft / 624 m
Coordinates26°29′0″N 038°7′1″E / 26.48333°N 38.11694°E / 26.48333; 38.11694
Map
ULH/OEAO is located in Saudi Arabia
ULH/OEAO
ULH/OEAO
Location in Saudi Arabia
ULH/OEAO is located in Asia
ULH/OEAO
ULH/OEAO
ULH/OEAO (Asia)
ULH/OEAO is located in West and Central Asia
ULH/OEAO
ULH/OEAO
ULH/OEAO (West and Central Asia)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 10,007 3,050 Asphalt

Al-Ula International Airport (IATA: ULH, ICAO: OEAO), formerly Prince Abdul Majeed bin Abdulaziz International Airport, is an airport located 25 kilometres (16 mi) southeast of Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia.[2] It was named after Prince Abdul Majeed bin Abdulaziz.[3] The airport became operational on 31 October 2011.[4]

The planned capacity of the airport was 100,000 passengers per year, including both tourists and locals.[5] After its expansion in 2021, the airport's capacity increased to 400,000 annual passengers.[6]

History

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The airport began operations on 31 October 2011 when the first flight from Riyadh operated by Saudia under the name “Prince Abdulmajeed bin Abdulaziz Domestic Airport". it was named after Abdul Majeed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.[7] It is the closest airport to the pre-Islamic archaeological site of Mada'in Saleh and Al-Ula Heritage Village. The airport is the first one in Saudi Arabia specifically designed to serve people coming to the region for visiting purposes.[8]

In March 2021, the General Authority of Civil Aviation in Saudi Arabia has approved the landing of international flights at the airport. According to Saudi Press Agency, the airport's annual capacity has increased from 100,000 passengers to 400,000 and its area has increased to 2.4 million square meters.[9] After this expansion, the airport was officially renamed "AlUla International Airport".[10]

In October 2023, The Royal Commission for Al-Ula announced a new expansions of the airport, in addition to its new designs. The new expansion will increase the capacity from 400,000 to 6 million passengers every year. The airport will also serve as a logistics hub in Saudi Arabia's northwest.[11]

Airlines and destinations

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AirlinesDestinations
Azur Air Seasonal charter: Perm[12]
Braathens International Airways Seasonal charter: Gothenburg[13] Stockholm–Arlanda[13]
Corendon Dutch Airlines Seasonal: Amsterdam,[14] Groningen,[15] Maastricht[15]
Enter Air[16] Seasonal charter: Gdańsk, Katowice, Poznań, Warsaw–Chopin, Wrocław
Flydubai Dubai–International
Fly Lili Seasonal charter: Bucharest–Băneasa[17]
Flynas Bahrain, Dammam, Dubai–International, Jeddah, Kuwait City, Riyadh
Freebird Airlines Europe[18] Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf
Seasonal charter: Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden
GetJet Airlines Seasonal charter: Riga,[19] Tallinn,[19] Vilnius[20]
Gulf Air Seasonal: Bahrain[21]
Marabu Cologne/Bonn,[22] Munich
Seasonal: Hamburg
Nordwind Airlines[23] Seasonal charter: Kazan, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg
Norwegian Air Lines Seasonal: Oslo[24]
Qatar Airways Doha[25]
Red Sea Airlines Seasonal charter: Moscow-Vnukovo (begins 17 March 2025)[26]
Red Wings Airlines Seasonal charter: Moscow–Domodedovo,[27] Moscow–Sheremetyevo[28]
Rossiya Airlines[29] Seasonal charter: Kazan,[30] Nizhny Novogorod,[30] Moscow–Sheremetyevo,[31] Saint Petersburg, Samara,[30] Sochi,[32] Ufa,[30] Yekaterinburg[30]
Royal Jordanian Amman–Queen Alia[33]
Saudia Jeddah,[34] Riyadh
Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle[35]
SCAT Airlines Seasonal charter: Almaty,[20] Astana[20]
SkyUp Charter: Bucharest–Otopeni,[36] Cluj-Napoca,[36] Gdańsk,[36] Katowice,[36] Poznań,[36] Riga,[36] Tallinn,[36] Vilnius,[36] Warsaw–Chopin,[36] Wrocław,[36] Yerevan[36]
Smartlynx Airlines Seasonal charter: Leipzig/Halle,[37] Tallinn[20]
Smartwings Prague[38]
Seasonal: Brno, Ostrava
Seasonal charter: Bratislava,[39] Budapest,[40] Katowice,[41] Poznan (begins 1 May 2025),[42] Warsaw–Chopin[43]
Sunclass Airlines Seasonal charter: Copenhagen,[44] Gothenburg,[45] Helsinki,[46] Oslo,[47] Stockholm–Arlanda[45]
Sundair[48] Berlin, Bremen, Dresden, Münster/Osnabrück[49]
Sunday Airlines Seasonal charter: Almaty,[20] Astana[20]
TUI Airways[50] Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, London–Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne[51]
TUI fly Belgium[52] Brussels[53]
Seasonal: Ostend/Bruges
TUI fly Deutschland[54] Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Munich, Stuttgart
TUI fly Netherlands Amsterdam, Eindhoven
Seasonal: Rotterdam[citation needed]
Ural Airlines Seasonal charter: Kazan,[55] Moscow–Domodedovo,[56] Samara,[55] Sochi,[55] Yekaterinburg[56]

See also

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References

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