Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Regional Airport

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Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Regional Airport
Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz Regional Airport (1).JPG
IATA: ELQ – ICAO: OEGS
Location of airport in Saudi Arabia
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner General Authority of Civil Aviation
Operator General Authority of Civil Aviation
Serves Al-Qassim Region
Location Buraidah, Saudi Arabia
Elevation AMSL 2,126[1] ft / 648[1] m
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 9,843 3,000 Asphalt

Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Regional Airport (IATA: ELQ, ICAO: OEGS), formerly Qassim Regional Airport and widely known in the air-travel industry as "Gassim" (from Al-Qassim Province in which it lies), is an airport in Buraidah, Saudi Arabia. It was renamed to Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Regional Airport after a decree given by King Abdullah on 5 July 2012, for the memory of former Crown Prince Nayef.[2][3]

The airport was established in 1964.[3] It is owned and operated by the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA). The airport is 30 km west of Buraidah, capital of the Qassim province.[3] Prince Sultan, former crown prince, deputy premier and minister of defense and aviation, launched the expansion project of the royal terminal at the airport in 2003. GACA has spent more than SR 300 million on the airport’s expansion projects since 1964.[3]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Air Arabia Sharjah[4]
AlMasria Universal Airlines Cairo[5]
EgyptAir Cairo[6]
flydubai Dubai-International[7]
Gulf Air Bahrain[8]
Nile Air Cairo, Alexandria-Borg El Arab Airport[9]
flynas Jeddah
Qatar Airways Doha[10]
Saudia Dammam, Dubai-International,[11] Jeddah, Medina, Riyadh[12]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul-Atatürk[13]
Air Cairo Sohag Sharm el-Sheikh Assiut [14]

Incidents and accidents

On 28 May 2005, three military helicopters parked in the airport caught fire, also damaging the buildings next to the hangar. There were no human casualties.[15]

External links

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  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  6. ↑ http://www.egyptair.com/English/News/Pages/EGYPTAIR8aa14ddd-4552-403a-9c1d-b9261a211434.aspx
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ http://www.gulfair.com/English/aboutgulfair/Pages/News.aspx?newsno=756
  9. ↑ http://doma.gaca.gov.sa/ar-sa/Qasim/Pages/AirportFlights.aspx
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ [Saudia begin service to Dubai from January 2015]
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ http://www.turkishairlines.com/en-int/al-qassim/city-guide/flights-tickets-online-booking
  14. ↑ http://www.flyaircairo.com
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.


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