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Prince Sultan Air Base | |||||||||
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قاعدة الأمير سلطان الجوية | |||||||||
| Al-Kharj, Riyadh Province in Saudi Arabia | |||||||||
 A US Air Force E-3 Sentry deployed to the 363rd Air Expeditionary Wing takes off from Prince Sultan AB during 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. | |||||||||
 The emblem of Prince Sultan Air Base | |||||||||
  Prince Sultan AB Location in Saudi Arabia | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 24°03′19″N 047°33′49″E / 24.05528°N 47.56361°E | ||||||||
| Type | Royal Saudi Air Force base | ||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defense | ||||||||
| Operator | Royal Saudi Air Force | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1951 | ||||||||
| In use | 1951 – present | ||||||||
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| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: AKH, ICAO: OEPS | ||||||||
| Elevation | 503.2 metres (1,651 ft) AMSL | ||||||||
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| Sources: World Aero Data[1][2] | |||||||||
Prince Sultan Air Base (PSAB, Arabic: قاعدة الأمير سلطان الجوية, IATA: AKH[3], ICAO: OEPS) is a military air base located in the closed-city of Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia.[1]
- ^ a b Airport information for OEPS[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ^ Airport information for AKH at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ "Airline and Airport Code Search (AKH: Prince Sultan AB, Al Kharj)". International Air Transport Association (IATA). Retrieved 29 September 2012.