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Mecca East Airport

Mecca, Saudi Arabia

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ICAO

OE49

Elevation

1210 ft

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Location

Mecca · 02 · Saudi Arabia

Position

21.438°, 39.994° · 1210 ft elev.

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Small general aviation facility serving the holy city of Mecca.

Location

Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Mecca East Airport is a small, non-commercial airfield located in or near the city of Mecca, in the Makkah Region of Saudi Arabia. It operates under the ICAO designator OE49 and does not hold an IATA code, indicating it does not handle scheduled commercial passenger traffic. The airport primarily serves general aviation and possibly government or military purposes in the region. As Mecca is the holiest city in Islam and access is restricted to Muslim individuals, any aviation facility in the area operates under strict regulatory and religious governance frameworks. Detailed public information about this airfield's infrastructure, capacity, and operations is limited, as it is not a major civil aviation hub and does not appear in standard commercial airline databases.

Notable facts

›Holds ICAO code OE49 but no IATA code, indicating no scheduled commercial service.
›Located in Mecca, the holiest city in Islam, access to which is restricted to Muslims.
›Likely serves general aviation, government, or logistical purposes.
›The main international gateway for Mecca pilgrims is King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah.
›Detailed public operational data for this airfield is not widely available.

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