MED — Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport

Large airport in Medina, Saudi Arabia.
IATA code
MED
ICAO code
OEMA
Size
large
OurAirports class
Passengers
11,891,855
2025 · Wikidata
Nonstop routes
8
With open traffic data
Time zone
UTC+3
Asia/Riyadh
Elevation
656 m
2,152 ft
Runways
2
Longest 4,335 m

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About MED

Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport is a large airport serving Medina, Saudi Arabia. It opened in 1974. 11,891,855 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 8 nonstop routes from MED.

Wikidata (CC0). Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from MED

Route Distance Passengers / year
MED → IST2,115 km 610,419
MED → SAW2,054 km 215,970
MED → ESB1,838 km 81,363
MED → HYD4,096 km 58,217
MED → KYA1,635 km 35,682
MED → GZT1,390 km 26,509
MED → BOM3,473 km 14,876
MED → YEI1,982 km 10,754

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, DGCA (domestic Oct 2025 – Sep 2026, international Jan 2025 – Dec 2025, provisional) for routes in and out of India. Routes outside these are not counted.

Nearest airports

Code Airport Distance
YNBPrince Abdulmohsen Bin Abdulaziz International Airport172 km
ULHAl-Ula International Airport267 km
RSIRed Sea International Airport289 km
JEDKing Abdulaziz International Airport324 km
TIFTaif International Airport352 km

Distance from MED to the major hubs

Route Distance Passengers / year
MED → LHR4,529 km —
MED → DXB1,584 km —
MED → CDG4,215 km —
MED → FRA3,899 km —
MED → IST2,115 km 610,419
MED → AMS4,261 km —
MED → JFK10,054 km —
MED → ATL11,276 km —
MED → LAX13,132 km —
MED → SIN7,360 km —
MED → HND9,309 km —
MED → DOH1,205 km —

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
17/354,335 m 60 mAsphalt
18/363,060 m 45 mAsphalt

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Medina, Al Madinah Region, Saudi Arabia · 24.5534, 39.7051

Map (OpenStreetMap) Airport website Wikipedia

Questions

Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport has the IATA code MED and the ICAO code OEMA. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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