Airports / Saudi Arabia / AHB
Abha International Airport
OEAB / AHBAbha, Saudi ArabiaELEV 6,858 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
9 nm
To the nearest alternate
King Khalid Air Base (KMX).
Overview
Abha International Airport (OEAB / AHB) sits in Abha, Saudi Arabia, where it functions as a large commercial airport. The field lies at an elevation of 6,858 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
AHB has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include King Khalid Air Base (KMX, 9 nm), Jizan Regional Airport / King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Airport (GIZ, 81 nm), and Bisha Airport (BHH, 105 nm).
Quotes for flights out of AHB vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from AHB, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
OEAB
IATA
AHB
FAA / Local
OEAB
Elevation
6,858 ft
Coordinates
18.2404° N · 42.6566° 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
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Saudi Arabia fields
state range 6–6,858 ft
At 6,858 ft, AHB sits higher than 97% of the 39 Saudi Arabia fields on the register — a high-elevation field where density altitude can trim aircraft performance on warm days.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 9nmKMXKing Khalid Air BaseKhamis Mushait
- 81nmGIZJizan Regional Airport / King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz AirportJizan
- 105nmBHHBisha AirportBisha
- 108nmEAMNajran Domestic AirportNajran
- 136nmABTKing Saud Bin Abdulaziz (Al Baha) AirportAl-Baha
- 189nmSAHSanaa International AirportSanaa
Location
Open the full mapOEAB · Abha International Airport · Abha, Saudi Arabia