Airports / Saudi Arabia / ELQ
Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz International Airport
OEGS / ELQQassim, Saudi ArabiaELEV 2,126 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
113 nm
To the nearest alternate
Dawadmi Domestic Airport (DWD).
Overview
Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz International Airport (OEGS / ELQ) is a large commercial airport serving Qassim, Saudi Arabia. The field lies at an elevation of 2,126 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
ELQ has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Dawadmi Domestic Airport (DWD, 113 nm), Hail International Airport (HAS, 131 nm), and King Khaled Military City Airport (KMC, 134 nm).
Quotes for flights out of ELQ vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Gassim. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from ELQ, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
OEGS
IATA
ELQ
FAA / Local
OEGS
Elevation
2,126 ft
Coordinates
26.3028° N · 43.7744° 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 2,126 ft, ELQ sits higher than 64% 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.
- 113nmDWDDawadmi Domestic AirportDawadmi
- 131nmHASHail International AirportHail
- 134nmKMCKing Khaled Military City AirportKing Khaled Military City
- 175nmAQIQaisumah–Hafar Al-Batin International AirportQaisumah
- 178nmRUHKing Khalid International AirportRiyadh
- 191nmSA-0094King Salman Air BaseRiyadh
Location
Open the full mapOEGS · Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz International Airport · Qassim, Saudi Arabia