Airports / Saudi Arabia / ABT
King Saud Bin Abdulaziz (Al Baha) Airport
OEBA / ABTAl-Baha, Saudi ArabiaELEV 5,486 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
59 nm
To the nearest alternate
Bisha Airport (BHH).
Overview
King Saud Bin Abdulaziz (Al Baha) Airport, listed as OEBA / ABT, is a mid-sized airport in Al-Baha, Saudi Arabia. The airport sits 5,486 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into ABT for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Bisha Airport (BHH, 59 nm), Taif International Airport (TIF, 94 nm), and Mecca East Airport (OE49, 115 nm).
Charter pricing from ABT depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under Al-Aqiq. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Al-Baha.
Field capability
ICAO
OEBA
IATA
ABT
FAA / Local
OEBA
Elevation
5,486 ft
Coordinates
20.2985° N · 41.6362° 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
Yes
Elevation vs Saudi Arabia fields
state range 6–6,858 ft
At 5,486 ft, ABT sits higher than 92% 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.
- 59nmBHHBisha AirportBisha
- 94nmTIFTaif International AirportTaif
- 115nmOE49Mecca East AirportMecca
- 136nmAHBAbha International AirportAbha
- 137nmKMXKing Khalid Air BaseKhamis Mushait
- 152nmOEJFKing Faisal Naval BaseJeddah
Location
Open the full mapOEBA · King Saud Bin Abdulaziz (Al Baha) Airport · Al-Baha, Saudi Arabia
