Operationalconfidence high
AlUla International Airport
AlUla International Airport is a remote tower: cameras and sensors at the airport feed controllers who work somewhere else. Indra and SANS say the airport operates fully remotely from a control centre about 550 km away in Jeddah, the first in the Middle East.
What the sources say
- Indra and SANS say the airport operates fully remotely from a control centre about 550 km away in Jeddah, the first in the Middle East.https://www.indragroup.com/en/news/al-ula-saudi-arabia-becomes-the-middle-easts-first-airport-to-be-operated-remotely-powered-by-sans-and-indras-digital-tower
Timeline
- 11 Feb 2026Reported operating fully remotely
Connections
Lines join each airport to the centre that controls it. Basemap: OpenStreetMap data via Protomaps.
At a glance
- ICAO
- OEAO
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Type
- Remote tower
- Vendor
- Indra
- Provider
- SANS
- Status
- Operational
- Position
- 26.484, 38.117