BEY — Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport
Large airport in Beirut, Lebanon.
- IATA code
- BEY
- ICAO code
- OLBA
- Size
- large
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 7,011,129
- 2025 · Wikidata
- Nonstop routes
- 10
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC+2 / UTC+3
- Asia/Beirut
- Elevation
- 27 m
- 89 ft
- Runways
- 3
- Longest 3,800 m
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About BEY
Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport is a large airport serving Beirut, Lebanon. It opened in 1954. 7,011,129 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 10 nonstop routes from BEY.
Wikidata (CC0). Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from BEY
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| BEY → IST | 1,020 km | 593,983 |
| BEY → CDG | 3,192 km | 303,412 |
| BEY → SAW | 957 km | 190,315 |
| BEY → LCA | 208 km | 147,116 |
| BEY → ATH | 1,137 km | 129,592 |
| BEY → FRA | 2,842 km | 126,637 |
| BEY → ORY | 3,195 km | 93,265 |
| BEY → AYT | 546 km | 82,652 |
| BEY → DUS | 3,020 km | 75,601 |
| BEY → DLM | 688 km | 40,243 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.
Nearest airports
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| DAM | Damascus International Airport | 105 km |
| HFA | Uri Michaeli Haifa International Airport | 120 km |
| LTK | Latakia International Airport | 181 km |
| LCA | Larnaca International Airport | 207 km |
| TLV | Ben Gurion International Airport | 209 km |
Distance from BEY to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 3,800 m | 45 m | Concrete |
| 16/34 | 3,395 m | 45 m | Concrete |
| 17/35 | 3,250 m | 60 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Beirut, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon · 33.8198, 35.4874
Questions
Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport has the IATA code BEY and the ICAO code OLBA. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.
BEY is a large airport in Beirut, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon, at 33.8198, 35.4874, 27 m above sea level.
BEY is in the Asia/Beirut time zone, UTC+2 / UTC+3 (winter / summer).
7,011,129 passengers in 2025, according to Wikidata.
Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport opened in 1954.
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