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Tabuk Airport, officially Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Airport (ICAO OETB), is a joint civil-military aerodrome in the far north-west of Saudi Arabia, sharing its site with the Royal Saudi Air Force's King Faisal Air Base. Its three long, hard-surfaced runways and dual ILS approaches make it an imposing field for the visiting sim pilot, reflecting decades of military use alongside its more recent development as an international gateway.
Tabuk Airport, known officially as Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Airport, is a joint civil-military airport at Tabuk in the far north-west of Saudi Arabia. It began life purely as a military facility and shares its site and boundaries with the Royal Saudi Air Force's King Faisal Air Base, which operates its own separate runway. For a simulator pilot the field is notable for its unusually generous runway lengths, dual ILS approaches, and the presence of active military flying alongside scheduled civil traffic.
The airport lies at an elevation of 2,539 feet, at coordinates 28.3731 N, 36.6213 E, in the Tabuk Region of north-western Saudi Arabia, close to the city of Tabuk itself. It sits alongside King Faisal Air Base, with which it shares its site and airfield boundary, meaning military and civil operations coexist in the same airspace.
The airfield has three physical runway pairs. The main runway, 06/24, is 10,937 feet long on 06 and 10,936 feet on 24, both hard-surfaced and lit, with an ILS serving runway 24. A second runway, 13/31, is 9,953 feet in each direction, hard-surfaced and lit, with an ILS serving runway 31. A third runway pair, 06R/24L, is 8,816 feet in each direction, also hard-surfaced and lit.
Radio services include Approach on 24.59 MHz and 119.7 MHz, an ATIS broadcast on 115.7 MHz, a clearance delivery-type frequency (CLD) on 128.75 MHz, Ground on 126.3 MHz, and Tower on 125.9 MHz. Instrument approaches are available, with ILS equipment provided on runway 24 and runway 31.
The airport originated as a military facility and for many years operated exclusively in that role. It was renovated and upgraded to international status in 2011, after which it began handling scheduled civil air traffic under the Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz name. The site continues to be shared with King Faisal Air Base of the Royal Saudi Air Force, which uses its own separate runway for military operations. The field's history includes a 1972 accident in which a Saudia Douglas C-47B was damaged beyond economic repair at the airport.
Tabuk Airport today functions as a joint civil-military aerodrome, combining scheduled domestic and international airline operations with ongoing Royal Saudi Air Force flying from the adjoining King Faisal Air Base. The extended runway lengths and dual ILS approaches reflect its continued military significance alongside its civil role.