MED · Medina, Saudi Arabia
Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport.
--:--:-- · AST (UTC+03:00) · 24.5534° N, 39.7051° E
Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport
Primary airport of Medina, Saudi Arabia
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for MED
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
Airport catalog
OurAirports ID 5101; ident OEMA; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
tibahairports.com
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceReference summary
Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
19 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-21.
IATA / ICAO
MED / OEMA
OurAirports ident
OEMA
GPS / local code
OEMA
ISO region
SA-03
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
large scheduled-service airport
Official host
tibahairports.com
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q1205940
Snapshot generated
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Alternate names
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 21, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Nov 5, 8:20 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
Local airport time
--:--:--AST · UTC+03:00
Time zone
AST
Asia/Riyadh · UTC+03:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
13 km
Approximate distance to central Medina.
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Riyadh
Languages
Arabic
Currency
SAR (ر.س)
Country area
2,149,690 km²
Passenger volume
10,912,802 passengers (2024)
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
2 runways
Longest runway
14,222 ft / 4,335 m
Runway surface
asphalt (2)
Opened / operator
1974
Owner / entity
Q1205940
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
large scheduled-service airport
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
19 source-backed signals
Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport is a large scheduled-service airport for Medina, Saudi Arabia. Medina's built-up core sits roughly 13 km from the terminal area. Operations run on Asia/Riyadh (UTC+03:00, AST). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport (MED / OEMA) is at 24.5534° N, 39.7051° E, elevation 2,151 ft (656 m), serving Medina, Saudi Arabia.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Medina is in Saudi Arabia (capital Riyadh); regulated by General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA); on Asia/Riyadh (AST, UTC+03:00); working languages: Arabic; currency: SAR (ر.س).
Distance from central Medina: 13 km.
Airport context brief
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for MED.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport (MED / OEMA)
Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport · Primary airport of Medina, Saudi Arabia
Known label 1
Medinah
Alternate airport-name cue retained for MED, not a separate indexable duplicate page.
Source identifiers
OEMA · OEMA · SA-03
tibahairports.com · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Source-specific airport notes
Regional role cue
It is the fourth-busiest airport in Saudi Arabia and the 18th busiest airport in the Middle East, handling 10,912,802 passengers in 2024.
Accepted from the airport reference trail as a role-specific cue for MED; not treated as a live service guarantee.
Closest mapped city anchors
1. Madinah
madinah · 13 km from MED
Saudi Arabia · Asia/Riyadh · +0h · population 1,300,000 · city coordinates 24.4686, 39.6142
2. Sulţānah
sultanah · 14 km from MED
Saudi Arabia · Asia/Riyadh · +0h · population 946,697 · city coordinates 24.4926, 39.5857
3. Badr Ḩunayn
badr-hunayn · 126 km from MED
Saudi Arabia · Asia/Riyadh · +0h · population 27,257 · city coordinates 23.7829, 38.7905
4. Mahd adh Dhahab
mahd-adh-dhahab · 168 km from MED
Saudi Arabia · Asia/Riyadh · +0h · population 20,272 · city coordinates 23.4997, 40.8841
5. Yanbu
yanbu · 174 km from MED
Saudi Arabia · Asia/Riyadh · +0h · population 200,161 · city coordinates 24.0895, 38.0618
6. Rābigh
rabigh · 207 km from MED
Saudi Arabia · Asia/Riyadh · +0h · population 72,928 · city coordinates 22.7986, 39.0349
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. JED OEJN
King Abdulaziz International Airport · Jeddah
324 km from MED · Asia/Riyadh · +0h · elevation 48 ft (15 m) · airport coordinates 21.6802, 39.1574
2. RUH OERK
King Khalid International Airport · Riyadh
708 km from MED · Asia/Riyadh · +0h · elevation 2,049 ft (625 m) · airport coordinates 24.9576, 46.6988
3. ADJ OJAM
Marka International (Amman Civil) Airport · Amman
901 km from MED · Asia/Amman · +0h · elevation 2,555 ft (779 m) · airport coordinates 31.9727, 35.9916
Route-time reference set
1. MED-JED
Jeddah · 324 km · 1h 15m
Asia/Riyadh · +0h from MED; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. MED-RUH
Riyadh · 708 km · 1h 44m
Asia/Riyadh · +0h from MED; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. MED-ADJ
Amman · 901 km · 1h 58m
Asia/Amman · +0h from MED; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
2 runways
Longest runway 14,222 ft / 4,335 m. 2 lighted runways in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
asphalt (2)
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for MED.
Runway identifiers
17/35 · 18/36
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Same-country airport context
1. JED OEJN
King Abdulaziz International Airport · Jeddah · 324 km from MED
large airport · Asia/Riyadh · saudi-arabia · 48 ft (15 m) · 21.6802, 39.1574
2. RUH OERK
King Khalid International Airport · Riyadh · 708 km from MED
large airport · Asia/Riyadh · saudi-arabia · 2,049 ft (625 m) · 24.9576, 46.6988
Accepted operational notes
Source note 1
It is the fourth-busiest airport in Saudi Arabia and the 18th busiest airport in the Middle East, handling 10,912,802 passengers in 2024.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for MED.
Country and authority
MED sits in Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), whose capital is Riyadh. General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) is the national civil-aviation authority we name for regulator context. Country context: Asia, Western Asia.
Traveler context
Common country-language signals: Arabic. Currency context: SAR (ر.س). MED is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Names and local labels
MED is also associated in the airport facts snapshot with Medinah. These labels help catch alternate airport names without creating separate duplicate airport pages.
Reference description
Primary airport of Medina, Saudi Arabia. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Source-specific cues
Regional role cue: It is the fourth-busiest airport in Saudi Arabia and the 18th busiest airport in the Middle East, handling 10,912,802 passengers in 2024.
Entity fingerprint
Wikidata airport entity: Q1205940 · Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz International Airport. Administrative area: Medina Province. Named after: Muhammad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. Entity official-site cross-check: tibahairports.com
Field and clock profile
Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport is a moderate-elevation field at 2,151 ft (656 m), positioned at 24.5534° N, 39.7051° E in the Northern subtropics. The runway snapshot lists 2 runways and a longest runway of 14,222 ft / 4,335 m. The airport clock uses Asia/Riyadh (AST, UTC+03:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
City and airport alternatives
Madinah is the closest retained city-time anchor at 13 km. JED Jeddah is the closest retained airport alternative at 324 km.
Country airport peers
MED is compared with JED Jeddah at 324 km, RUH Riyadh at 708 km inside the retained Saudi Arabia airport set, which is useful when backup airports share the same country context but differ by city, route network, and clock behavior.
Route geometry
MED-JED Jeddah: 324 km, about 1h 15m, +0h. MED-RUH Riyadh: 708 km, about 1h 44m, +0h. MED-ADJ Amman: 901 km, about 1h 58m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident OEMA backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. tibahairports.com is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-21.
Operational Profile
Traffic profile
10,912,802 passengers (2024)
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
2 runways · longest 14,222 ft / 4,335 m
Runway identifiers
17/35, 18/36
OurAirports classifies MED as a large airport with scheduled service, which gives it stronger planning value than a code-only lookup.
MED (OEMA) is one of the curated airport pages with a real traffic signal attached: 10,912,802 passengers (2024), operating from a moderate-elevation field at 2,151 ft (656 m).
MED sits in a broader regional network with 3 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
MED's runway record lists 2 runways, with the longest runway at 14,222 ft / 4,335 m and source surfaces recorded as asphalt (2).
Civil aviation oversight for MED runs through General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA); a more specific operator record is not currently in our source set.
- It is the fourth-busiest airport in Saudi Arabia and the 18th busiest airport in the Middle East, handling 10,912,802 passengers in 2024.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at tibahairports.com, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
Decision matrix for MED
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
When the clock matters
MED uses Asia/Riyadh (AST, UTC+03:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport is about 13 km from central Medina; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
JED Jeddah is the closest retained alternate at 324 km, time difference +0h.
When source checks matter
tibahairports.com is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
How this airport compares nearby
These comparisons place MED inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
MED ranks #2 in the curated Saudi Arabia airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 3 airports.
Same-zone airport cohort
MED shares Asia/Riyadh with JED Jeddah SA · RUH Riyadh SA. This helps separate same-clock airports by city, country, code, and geography.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
MED is 2,151 ft (656 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include LAS 2,181 ft (665 m) (30 ft delta) · FMM 2,077 ft (633 m) (74 ft delta) · ALA 2,234 ft (681 m) (83 ft delta) · RUH 2,049 ft (625 m) (102 ft delta) · NSI 2,278 ft (694 m) (127 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
MED's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are JED 324 km +0h · RUH 708 km +0h · ADJ 901 km +0h.
Flight Path Arc
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Arriving From / Departing To
| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeddah | JED | 324 km | 1h 15m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Riyadh | RUH | 708 km | 1h 44m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Amman | ADJ | 901 km | 1h 58m | +0h | --:--:-- |
MED to JED
Jeddah
Distance 324 km; estimated travel window 1h 15m; destination zone Asia/Riyadh is +0h from MED. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
MED to RUH
Riyadh
Distance 708 km; estimated travel window 1h 44m; destination zone Asia/Riyadh is +0h from MED. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
MED to ADJ
Amman
Distance 901 km; estimated travel window 1h 58m; destination zone Asia/Amman is +0h from MED. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Airport Details
Timezone
Ground Transport and Nearby Context
The airport sits in the normal outer-ring range for a major metro gateway, so rail, shuttle coach, and ride-hail all matter when you judge the fastest arrival.
Madinah is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport has 3 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Nearby city time anchors
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from MED, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Madinah
madinah · 13 km · Asia/Riyadh
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Sulţānah
sultanah · 14 km · Asia/Riyadh
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Badr Ḩunayn
badr-hunayn · 126 km · Asia/Riyadh
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Mahd adh Dhahab
mahd-adh-dhahab · 168 km · Asia/Riyadh
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Yanbu
yanbu · 174 km · Asia/Riyadh
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Rābigh
rabigh · 207 km · Asia/Riyadh
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Umluj
umluj · 251 km · Asia/Riyadh
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Thuwal
thuwal · 260 km · Asia/Riyadh
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Khulayş
khulays · 270 km · Asia/Riyadh
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Al-`Ula
al-ula · 290 km · Asia/Riyadh
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Al Jumūm
al-jumum · 326 km · Asia/Riyadh
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Afif
afif · 334 km · Asia/Riyadh
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Airlines and Network Role
Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport does not have a long carrier list in the current source trail, so this page emphasizes the durable pieces travelers can safely use here: local time, field identifiers, nearby airports, and timezone differences.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Jeddah (JED), Riyadh (RUH), Amman (ADJ). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
- Traffic signal: 10,912,802 passengers (2024).
- Terminal footprint: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Runway footprint: 2 runways; longest runway 14,222 ft / 4,335 m; identifiers 17/35, 18/36.
- Runway surfaces: asphalt (2); 2 lighted runways in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Opened / inaugurated: 1974.
- Network role: mixed or not clearly stated in the source trail.
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from MED. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
King Abdulaziz International AirportJED
Jeddah · large airport
- Distance
- 324 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 48 ft (15 m)
Compare against JED when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
King Khalid International AirportRUH
Riyadh · large airport
- Distance
- 708 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 2,049 ft (625 m)
Compare against RUH when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Marka International (Amman Civil) AirportADJ
Amman · large airport
- Distance
- 901 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 2,555 ft (779 m)
Compare against ADJ when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Companion Planning Tools
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport (MED) in?▾
Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport is in the Asia/Riyadh timezone (UTC+03:00, AST).
What are the codes for Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport?▾
Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport uses IATA code MED and ICAO code OEMA.
Where is Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport located?▾
Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport is located in Medina, Saudi Arabia at coordinates 24.5534° N, 39.7051° E, with an elevation of 2,151 ft (656 m) (moderate-elevation field in the subtropics).
How far is Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport from central Medina?▾
Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport sits roughly 13 km from the nearest mapped city center for Medina.
Which route reference is most useful from MED?▾
Jeddah (JED) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 15m, destination timezone Asia/Riyadh, and a +0h difference from MED.
Which authority regulates MED?▾
Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport sits inside Saudi Arabia, where civil aviation oversight is led by the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA).
What other airports in Saudi Arabia are close peers to MED?▾
MED's curated peers in Saudi Arabia on this site include JED Jeddah, RUH Riyadh.
How many runways does Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport have?▾
Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 2 runways, with the longest runway recorded at 14,222 ft / 4,335 m; identifiers include 17/35, 18/36.