Airports / Yemen / SAH
Sanaa International Airport
OYSN / SAHSanaa, YemenELEV 7,216 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
84 nm
To the nearest alternate
Hodeida International Airport (OYHD).
Overview
Sanaa International Airport, listed as OYSN / SAH, is a large commercial airport in Sanaa, Yemen. The field lies at an elevation of 7,216 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
SAH has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Hodeida International Airport (OYHD, 84 nm), Taiz International Airport (TAI, 108 nm), and Jizan Regional Airport / King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Airport (GIZ, 127 nm).
Quotes for flights out of SAH vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from SAH, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
OYSN
IATA
SAH
FAA / Local
OYSN
Elevation
7,216 ft
Coordinates
15.4763° N · 44.2197° 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 Yemen fields
state range 7–7,216 ft
At 7,216 ft, SAH sits higher than 90% of the 10 Yemen 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.
- 84nmOYHDHodeida International AirportHodeida
- 108nmTAITaiz International AirportTaiz
- 127nmGIZJizan Regional Airport / King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz AirportJizan
- 129nmEAMNajran Domestic AirportNajran
- 142nmOY74Al Anad Air BaseAl Anad
- 143nmYE-0012Mokha International AirportMokha
Location
Open the full mapOYSN · Sanaa International Airport · Sanaa, Yemen