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Airport in Taif, Saudi Arabia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Taif Regional Airport (IATA: TIF, ICAO: OETF) 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] Despite being named as a "Regional" airport, the airport actually has international flights destinations in half a dozen countries outside of Saudi Arabia.
Taif Regional Airport مطار الطائف الإقليمي Maṭār al-Ṭā'if al-Iqlīmī | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Military of Saudi Arabia | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Taif | ||||||||||||||
Location | Taif, Saudi Arabia | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 4,848 ft / 1,478 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 21°29′0.24″N 40°32′29.48″E | ||||||||||||||
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Airlines | Destinations |
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Air Arabia | Cairo, Sharjah |
AlMasria Universal Airlines | Cairo |
flyadeal | Dammam,[2] Riyadh |
flydubai | Dubai–International |
FlyEgypt | Cairo[3] |
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] |
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