Airports / Saudi Arabia / OE49
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
31 nm
To the nearest alternate
Taif International Airport (TIF) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Mecca East Airport (OE49) sits in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 1,210 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into OE49 for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Taif International Airport (TIF, 31 nm), King Faisal Naval Base (OEJF, 46 nm), and King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED, 49 nm).
Charter pricing from OE49 depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Mecca.
Field capability
ICAO
OE49
IATA
—
FAA / Local
OE49
Elevation
1,210 ft
Coordinates
21.4375° N · 39.9942° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Saudi Arabia fields
state range 6–6,858 ft
At 1,210 ft, OE49 sits lower than 56% of the 39 Saudi Arabia fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 31nmTIFTaif International AirportTaif
- 46nmOEJFKing Faisal Naval BaseJeddah
- 49nmJEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportJeddah
- 115nmABTKing Saud Bin Abdulaziz (Al Baha) AirportAl-Baha
- 171nmBHHBisha AirportBisha
- 188nmMEDPrince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz AirportMedina
Location
Open the full mapOE49 · Mecca East Airport · Mecca, Saudi Arabia