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Hodeidah International Airport (OYHD) lies on the Red Sea coastal plain at Hodeida in Yemen's Al Hudaydah Governorate, a single long paved runway serving what is today primarily a military installation. The field has been at the centre of the Yemeni civil war and, more recently, regional strikes linked to the Gaza war, leaving its status for any visiting pilot highly uncertain.
Hodeidah International Airport sits at Hodeida on Yemen's western Red Sea coast and functions as a dual-use public and military aerodrome. It is home to the Al Hudaydah Air Base, hosting the Al Hudaydah Air Brigade with 6 Squadron and a detachment of 128 Squadron, and has for years seen no scheduled civil airline services. For a simulator pilot it is a compelling but sobering destination, notable chiefly for its role in an ongoing conflict rather than for any current civil traffic.
The airfield is located at Hodeida, in Muhafazat al Hudaydah on Yemen's Red Sea coast, at coordinates 14.7514N, 42.9761E and an elevation of 33 feet. It lies within Yemeni sovereign airspace, though given the ongoing conflict the practical airspace situation on the ground has been highly unstable, with the airport itself repeatedly the target of military action.
Hodeidah has a single physical runway, 03/21, of 9,816 feet with a hard surface and runway lighting. There is no ILS approach available.
Published frequencies for the field are an air-to-ground frequency of 511.5 MHz, a ground frequency of 121.6 MHz, and a tower frequency of 118.2 MHz. No instrument landing system is available at the airport.
The airport has long combined civil and military roles, with the Al Hudaydah Air Base and its associated squadrons based on the field. Scheduled airline services ended in 2015 when Yemenia suspended all routes because of the escalating regional conflict. The airport became a major battleground during the Yemeni civil war, most notably in the Battle of Al Hudaydah, when Saudi-led coalition forces moved to capture it on 13 June 2018; the field was partially taken that month, though Houthi forces retained control of parts of the complex. In more recent years the airport has repeatedly been struck by British and US forces during the Gaza war, with airstrikes recorded in June and July 2024 and again in March 2025. On 6 May 2025, Israeli forces struck the airport in retaliation for a Houthi missile fired at Ben Gurion Airport, killing three people and injuring thirty; the Israeli military stated the airport had been fully destroyed, after which Houthi authorities shut down the surrounding area.
There have been no scheduled airline services at Hodeidah since 2015, and the airport continues to operate primarily as a military base. Given the extensive damage reported from strikes through 2024 and 2025, including a claim by Israeli forces in May 2025 that the airport had been fully destroyed, its current serviceability for any flying, civil or otherwise, is uncertain. There is no information available on fuel, operating hours, or civilian access, and any approach to the field would need to be treated with extreme caution given the ongoing conflict.