Taif International Airport

Taif International Airport (IATA: TIF, ICAO: OETF), formerly Taif Regional Airport, is an airport in Taif, Saudi Arabia. The airport is located 30 km to the east of Taif and 70 km from Mecca. The airport is considered important in Saudi aviation history as it witnessed the first landing of Ibn Saud's plane, founder of the Kingdom. It was converted to a regional airport in 2009 when GACA allowed international airlines to operate at the airport as the city's population was increasing and to reduce pressure on the three main airports at the time.^[1]

Taif International Airport مطار الطائف الدولي Maṭār al-Ṭā'if al-Duwali
IATA: TIF ICAO: OETF
Summary
Airport type	Military/Public
Operator	Military of Saudi Arabia
Serves	Taif and Mecca
Location	Taif, Saudi Arabia
Elevation AMSL	4,848 ft / 1,478 m
Coordinates	21°29′0.24″N 40°32′29.48″E
Map
TIF Location of airport in Saudi Arabia
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 07/25 12,254 3,735 Asphalt 17/35 10,991 3,350 Asphalt

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Arabia	Alexandria[2][better source needed], Cairo, Sharjah
AlMasria Universal Airlines	Cairo
Flyadeal	Dammam,[3] Riyadh
Flydubai	Dubai–International
Flynas	Dammam, Kuwait City, Muscat, Riyadh
Jazeera Airways	Seasonal: Kuwait City[4]
Nesma Airlines	Cairo
Nile Air	Cairo
Qatar Airways	Doha
SalamAir	Seasonal: Muscat[5]
Saudia	Abha, Dammam, Jeddah, Jizan, Medina, Riyadh, Sharurah
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul[6]

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at TIF airport. See Wikidata query.

See also

• Saudi Arabia portal

• List of airports in Saudi Arabia
• Saudia
• General Authority of Civil Aviation
• King Abdulaziz International Airport
• List of cities and towns in Saudi Arabia
  • As-Sayl As-Saghir
  • Miqat of Qarnul-Manazil at As-Sayl Al-Kabir
• Regions of Saudi Arabia