SAH · Sanaa, Yemen
Sanaa International Airport.
--:--:-- · AST (UTC+03:00) · 15.4763° N, 44.2197° E
Sanaa International Airport
Airport in Yemen
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for SAH
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 5318; ident OYSN; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
No official airport website accepted in this snapshot
The page does not fabricate an official source when the airport facts snapshot did not accept one.
Reference summary
Sanaa International Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
15 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
SAH / OYSN
OurAirports ident
OYSN
GPS / local code
OYSN
ISO region
YE-SA
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
international scheduled-service gateway
Official host
Not accepted
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q1165296
Snapshot generated
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
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, 9:24 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
Local airport time
--:--:--AST · UTC+03:00
Time zone
AST
Asia/Aden · UTC+03:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
14 km
Approximate distance to central Sanaa.
Official source
Sanaa International Airport
Wikipedia / reference summary
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Sana'a
Languages
Arabic
Currency
YER (﷼)
Country area
527,968 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
1 runway
Longest runway
10,669 ft / 3,252 m
Runway surface
asphalt
Opened / operator
Operational history note unavailable
Owner / entity
Q1165296
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
international scheduled-service gateway
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
15 source-backed signals
Sanaa International Airport is a international scheduled-service gateway for Sanaa, Yemen. Sanaa's built-up core sits roughly 14 km from the terminal area. Operations run on Asia/Aden (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.
Sanaa International Airport (SAH / OYSN) is at 15.4763° N, 44.2197° E, elevation 7,216 ft (2,199 m), serving Sanaa, Yemen.
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.
Sanaa is in Yemen (capital Sana'a); on Asia/Aden (AST, UTC+03:00); working languages: Arabic; currency: YER (﷼).
Distance from central Sanaa: 14 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 SAH.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
Sanaa International Airport (SAH / OYSN)
Sanaa International Airport · Airport in Yemen
Source identifiers
OYSN · OYSN · YE-SA
No official host accepted · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Source-specific airport notes
Regional role cue
Sanaa International Airport is the primary international airport of Yemen located in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen.
Accepted from the airport reference trail as a role-specific cue for SAH; not treated as a live service guarantee.
Name or history cue
Initially, a small passenger terminal was built in the 1970s.
Retained because history, naming, or opening context helps distinguish this airport from same-shaped airport pages.
Closest mapped city anchors
1. Sanaa
sanaa · 14 km from SAH
Yemen · Asia/Aden · +0h · population 1,937,451 · city coordinates 15.3545, 44.2065
2. Saḩar
sahar · 20 km from SAH
Yemen · Asia/Aden · +0h · population 31,859 · city coordinates 15.3164, 44.3088
3. Sayyān
sayyan · 36 km from SAH
Yemen · Asia/Aden · +0h · population 69,404 · city coordinates 15.1718, 44.3244
4. ‘Amrān
amran · 36 km from SAH
Yemen · Asia/Aden · +0h · population 90,792 · city coordinates 15.6594, 43.9438
5. Ḩajjah
hajjah · 70 km from SAH
Yemen · Asia/Aden · +0h · population 43,549 · city coordinates 15.6943, 43.6058
6. Al Ḩazm
al-hazm · 97 km from SAH
Yemen · Asia/Aden · +0h · population 18,241 · city coordinates 16.1641, 44.7769
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. JED OEJN
King Abdulaziz International Airport · Jeddah
872 km from SAH · Asia/Riyadh · +0h · elevation 48 ft (15 m) · airport coordinates 21.6802, 39.1574
2. ADD HAAB
Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Addis Ababa
932 km from SAH · Africa/Addis_Ababa · +0h · elevation 7,630 ft (2,326 m) · airport coordinates 8.9779, 38.7993
3. RUH OERK
King Khalid International Airport · Riyadh
1085 km from SAH · Asia/Riyadh · +0h · elevation 2,049 ft (625 m) · airport coordinates 24.9576, 46.6988
Route-time reference set
1. SAH-JED
Jeddah · 872 km · 1h 56m
Asia/Riyadh · +0h from SAH; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. SAH-ADD
Addis Ababa · 932 km · 2h 1m
Africa/Addis_Ababa · +0h from SAH; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. SAH-RUH
Riyadh · 1085 km · 2h 12m
Asia/Riyadh · +0h from SAH; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
1 runway
Longest runway 10,669 ft / 3,252 m. 1 lighted runway in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
asphalt
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for SAH.
Runway identifiers
18/36
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Accepted operational notes
Source note 1
Initially, a small passenger terminal was built in the 1970s.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for SAH.
Source note 2
The runway is shared with the large Al-Dailami Air Base.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for SAH.
Country and authority
SAH sits in Yemen (Republic of Yemen), whose capital is Sana'a. No specific civil-aviation authority label is attached in the current map, so this page avoids inventing one. Country context: Asia, Western Asia.
Traveler context
Common country-language signals: Arabic. Currency context: YER (﷼). SAH is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Reference description
Airport in Yemen. 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: Sanaa International Airport is the primary international airport of Yemen located in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Name or history cue: Initially, a small passenger terminal was built in the 1970s.
Entity fingerprint
Wikidata airport entity: Q1165296 · Sanaa International Airport. Administrative area: Sanaa Governorate. Named after: Sanaa
Field and clock profile
Sanaa International Airport is a high-elevation field at 7,216 ft (2,199 m), positioned at 15.4763° N, 44.2197° E in the Northern tropics. The runway snapshot lists 1 runway and a longest runway of 10,669 ft / 3,252 m. The airport clock uses Asia/Aden (AST, UTC+03:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
City and airport alternatives
Sanaa is the closest retained city-time anchor at 14 km. JED Jeddah is the closest retained airport alternative at 872 km.
Country airport peers
SAH has no same-country peer airports retained in the current airport set, so the useful comparison points are its code, coordinates, timezone, and route references.
Route geometry
SAH-JED Jeddah: 872 km, about 1h 56m, +0h. SAH-ADD Addis Ababa: 932 km, about 2h 1m, +0h. SAH-RUH Riyadh: 1085 km, about 2h 12m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident OYSN backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. No official airport website passed the current airport-facts snapshot. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-21.
Operational Profile
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
1 runway · longest 10,669 ft / 3,252 m
Runway identifiers
18/36
OurAirports classifies SAH as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Sanaa.
SAH (OYSN) is a high-elevation field at 7,216 ft (2,199 m) in the tropics, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
SAH sits in a broader regional network with 3 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
SAH's runway record lists 1 runway, with the longest runway at 10,669 ft / 3,252 m and source surfaces recorded as asphalt.
A specific operator or management record for SAH is not currently in our source set, so this page leans on regulator and country context rather than inventing one.
- Initially, a small passenger terminal was built in the 1970s.
- The runway is shared with the large Al-Dailami Air Base.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at Sanaa International Airport, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
Decision matrix for SAH
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
SAH uses Asia/Aden (AST, UTC+03:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
Sanaa International Airport is about 14 km from central Sanaa; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
JED Jeddah is the closest retained alternate at 872 km, time difference +0h.
When source checks matter
The accepted airport reference came from en.wikipedia.org; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
How this airport compares nearby
These comparisons place SAH inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
SAH ranks #1 in the curated Yemen airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 1 airport.
Same-zone airport cohort
SAH has no other retained airport in the same IANA zone cohort, making Asia/Aden a more distinctive signal for this page.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
SAH is 7,216 ft (2,199 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include MEX 7,316 ft (2,230 m) (100 ft delta) · PBC 7,361 ft (2,244 m) (145 ft delta) · NLU 7,369 ft (2,246 m) (153 ft delta) · MDE 6,955 ft (2,120 m) (261 ft delta) · EDL 6,941 ft (2,116 m) (275 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
SAH's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are JED 872 km +0h · ADD 932 km +0h · RUH 1085 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 | 872 km | 1h 56m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Addis Ababa | ADD | 932 km | 2h 1m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Riyadh | RUH | 1085 km | 2h 12m | +0h | --:--:-- |
SAH to JED
Jeddah
Distance 872 km; estimated travel window 1h 56m; destination zone Asia/Riyadh is +0h from SAH. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
SAH to ADD
Addis Ababa
Distance 932 km; estimated travel window 2h 1m; destination zone Africa/Addis_Ababa is +0h from SAH. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
SAH to RUH
Riyadh
Distance 1085 km; estimated travel window 2h 12m; destination zone Asia/Riyadh is +0h from SAH. 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.
Sanaa 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.
Sanaa International 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 SAH, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Sanaa
sanaa · 14 km · Asia/Aden
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Saḩar
sahar · 20 km · Asia/Aden
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Sayyān
sayyan · 36 km · Asia/Aden
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
‘Amrān
amran · 36 km · Asia/Aden
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Ḩajjah
hajjah · 70 km · Asia/Aden
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Al Ḩazm
al-hazm · 97 km · Asia/Aden
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Dhamār
dhamar · 106 km · Asia/Aden
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Bājil
bajil · 110 km · Asia/Aden
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Ma'rib
ma-rib · 119 km · Asia/Aden
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Yarīm
yarim · 132 km · Asia/Aden
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Bayt al Faqīh
bayt-al-faqih · 144 km · Asia/Aden
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Al Ḩudaydah
al-hudaydah · 155 km · Asia/Aden
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Airlines and Network Role
Sanaa International 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), Addis Ababa (ADD), Riyadh (RUH). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
- Traffic signal: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Terminal footprint: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Runway footprint: 1 runway; longest runway 10,669 ft / 3,252 m; identifiers 18/36.
- Runway surfaces: asphalt; 1 lighted runway in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Historical opening year: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Network role: mixed or not clearly stated in the source trail.
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from SAH. 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
- 872 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.
Addis Ababa Bole International AirportADD
Addis Ababa · large airport
- Distance
- 932 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 7,630 ft (2,326 m)
Compare against ADD when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
King Khalid International AirportRUH
Riyadh · large airport
- Distance
- 1085 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.
Companion Planning Tools
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is Sanaa International Airport (SAH) in?▾
Sanaa International Airport is in the Asia/Aden timezone (UTC+03:00, AST).
What are the codes for Sanaa International Airport?▾
Sanaa International Airport uses IATA code SAH and ICAO code OYSN.
Where is Sanaa International Airport located?▾
Sanaa International Airport is located in Sanaa, Yemen at coordinates 15.4763° N, 44.2197° E, with an elevation of 7,216 ft (2,199 m) (high-elevation field in the tropics).
How far is Sanaa International Airport from central Sanaa?▾
Sanaa International Airport sits roughly 14 km from the nearest mapped city center for Sanaa.
Which route reference is most useful from SAH?▾
Jeddah (JED) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 56m, destination timezone Asia/Riyadh, and a +0h difference from SAH.
How many runways does Sanaa International Airport have?▾
Sanaa International Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 1 runway, with the longest runway recorded at 10,669 ft / 3,252 m; identifiers include 18/36.