Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Airport

Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Airport, more commonly known as Tabuk Airport (IATA: TUU, ICAO: OETB), is a public and military airport located in Tabuk City, Saudi Arabia. Originally operated exclusively as a military facility, it was renovated and upgraded to international status in 2011. The airport features a single terminal equipped with air bridges for passenger boarding. It is named in honor of the late Crown Prince and Minister of Defense, Sultan bin Abdulaziz.

Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Airport مطار الأمير سلطان بن عبد العزيز
IATA: TUU ICAO: OETB
Summary
Airport type	Public and Military
Owner	General Authority of Civil Aviation
Operator	General Authority of Civil Aviation And Royal Saudi Air Force
Serves	Tabuk Province
Location	Tabuk City, Tabuk Province, Saudi Arabia
Elevation AMSL	2,551 ft / 778 m
Coordinates	28°22′23″N 036°37′17″E
Website	Official website
Map
TUU Location of airport in Saudi Arabia
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 06/24 10,991 3,350 Asphalt 13/31 10,007 3,050 Asphalt
Sources: DoD FLIP[1]

Military use

King Faisal Air Base
قاعدة الملك فيصل الجوية
Tabuk in Saudi Arabia
An English Electric Lightning gate guardian at King Faisal AB
Site information
Type	Air base
Operator	Royal Saudi Air Force

King Faisal Air Base (KFAB) of the Royal Saudi Air Force shares the airport site and boundaries but uses a separate runway for operations.

The base is home to:^[2][3]

• RSAF 7 Wing
  • No. 2 Squadron RSAF with the McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle and the F-15D
  • No. 21 Squadron RSAF with the BAE Systems Hawk 165
  • No. 29 Squadron RSAF with the F-15SA
  • No. 37 Squadron RSAF with the Hawk 65
  • No. 79 Squadron RSAF with the Hawk 165
  • No. 88 Squadron RSAF with the Hawk 65 and the Hawk 65A which is known as the 'Saudi Falcons'

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Arabia	Cairo,[4][5] Sharjah[6]
Air Cairo	Assiut,[7] Cairo,[8] Sohag[9]
EgyptAir	Cairo
flyadeal	Dammam,[10] Jeddah, Riyadh[11]
flydubai	Dubai–International[12][13]
Flynas	Abha, Dammam, Medina,[14] Jeddah, Riyadh
Nesma Airlines	Cairo
Nile Air	Cairo
Qatar Airways	Doha[15]
Saudia	Jeddah,[16] Riyadh[17]

Statistics

Accidents and incidents

• On 11 July 1972, Douglas C-47B HZ-AAK of Saudia was damaged beyond economic repair in an accident at Tabuk Airport.^[18]

See also

• List of airports in Saudi Arabia