Al-Ahsa International Airport (Arabic: مطار الأحساء الدولي, IATA: HOF, ICAO: OEAH) is an airport serving Hofuf (also known as Al-Ahsa or Al-Hasa), a city in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.

History

During Operation Desert Shield and the Gulf War in 1991, it served as an air base for the French Air Force.

General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA), which is Saudi Arabia's civil aviation regulator, formally approved the airport's international status in 2011. A GACA study predicted that the airport was expected to grow by 300,000 passengers per annum between 2015 and 2020. Around 300,000 expatriate workers live in the area.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Azerbaijan Airlines	Seasonal: Baku
Flyadeal	Jeddah
flydubai	Dubai–International
flynas	Jeddah, Medina
Saudia	Jeddah

See also

• List of airports in Saudi Arabia
• Transportation in Saudi Arabia
• Saudi Railways Organization
• Yanbu Airport