Aerodrome data · AD 2 OMRK
Airport specifications
The technical picture of the field in one place — runway, declared distances, approaches, navaids, apron, fire category and fuel. Everything an operator would otherwise dig out of a third-party handbook.
Planning reference only
This page is compiled from the UAE eAIP entry for OMRK and from the airport's own publications. It is not an operational source. The current UAE AIP and the NOTAMs in force are the authority for every figure shown — check both before you file.
Compiled against AIRAC cycle 2026-P08. Anything safety-critical must be confirmed with the operations desk.
At a glance
- Aerodrome reference point
- 25° 36' 48"N, 55° 56' 20"E
- Mid-point of the RWY 16/34 centreline.
- Runway pavement
- 604/F/D/W/T
- Traffic permitted: IFR · VFR
- Aerodrome reference code
- 4E
- Published by the airport; not carried in the eAIP AD 2 chapters. Confirm before it drives a decision.
Recurring closures and maintenance windows
These repeat every month and they are the items most likely to move a schedule. They have never appeared on the airport website before.
| What | When (UTC) | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Runway 16/34 closed | Every Tuesday 0500–0800 | Planned maintenance, 0900–1200 local. No training flights during the window unless written permission is held from the airport authority. |
| Runway friction test | 3rd Tuesday 0500–0730 | Runs inside the Tuesday maintenance window. |
| ILS localiser (IRK) | 1st Tuesday 0500–0700 | Localiser maintenance. |
| ILS glide path and DME | 2nd Tuesday 0500–0700 | Glide path and co-located DME maintenance. |
| DVOR/DME (RAV) | 4th Tuesday 0500–0700 | DVOR and DME maintenance. |
An older schedule showing Monday navaid maintenance 0400–0900 is superseded and should not be used.
Runway 16/34
A single runway, asphalt, with an ILS CAT I approach to 34 and non-precision approaches to 16.
| — | RWY 16 | RWY 34 |
|---|---|---|
| Bearing (true / magnetic) | 164° / 163° | 344° / 343° |
| Threshold elevation | 64 ft | 94.1 ft |
| Threshold coordinates | 253747.09N 0555602.08E | 253549.20N 0555637.51E |
| Slope | +0.24 % rising | −0.24 % descending |
| Clearway | 50 m × 45 m | Nil |
| Stopway | Nil | Nil |
- Dimensions
- 3 760 m × 45 m · 12 336 ft × 148 ft
- Surface
- Asphalt
- Pavement classification
- 604/F/D/W/T
- Runway strip
- 3 930 m × 300 m
- RESA
- 240 m × 300 m
- Shoulders
- 7.5 m each side, non-load-bearing asphalt
- Displaced threshold
- Nil
- Arresting system
- Not applicable
- Obstacle free zone
- Conforms to ICAO Annex 14 Chapter 4, both runways
Runway friction and survey reports are held by the airport authority and released on request.
Declared distances
Full-length distances first, then the intersections. The intersection restriction matters.
Full length
| RWY | TORA | TODA | ASDA | LDA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 3 760 | 3 760 | 3 810 | 3 760 |
| 34 | 3 760 | 3 760 | 3 760 | 3 760 |
m
Intersection departures
| Entry | TORA | Permitted categories |
|---|---|---|
| RWY 16 · Int N | 2 218 | Light aircraft category and rotary-wing only |
| RWY 16 · Int S | 2 004 | Light aircraft category and rotary-wing only |
| RWY 34 · Int N | 1 566 | Light aircraft category and rotary-wing only |
| RWY 34 · Int S | 1 780 | Light aircraft category and rotary-wing only |
| RWY 34 · Int L | 3 680 | All categories |
Approaches and navaids
One precision approach, to runway 34. Runway 16 is non-precision only.
Published procedures
- ILS RWY 34 (CAT I)
- VOR RWY 34
- VOR RWY 16
- RNP RWY 16 — LNAV and APV Baro-VNAV, vertical path angle 2.8°
- RNP RWY 34
Circling. Circling approaches are not authorised to the east of the airport.
| Facility | Ident | Frequency | Hours | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILS localiser | IRK | 110.500 MHz | H24 | Declination 2°E. Antenna at 253756.34N 0555559.29E. |
| ILS glide path | — | 329.600 MHz | H24 | Glide path angle 3.0°, reference datum height 60 ft. Antenna at 253559.01N 0555629.91E. |
| ILS DME | IRK | CH 42X | H24 | Channel 42X, co-located with the glide path, elevation 150 ft. Flight-checked coverage 25 NM, zero indication at touchdown. |
| DVOR / DME | RAV | 113.600 MHz | H24 | Channel 83X. Antenna at 253518.4N 0555646.8E, DME antenna elevation 149 ft, coverage 200 NM. Sector restrictions below. |
DVOR/DME RAV — sectors not available
- R020 clockwise to R080, between 20 and 40 DME, below 7,000 ft.
- R050 clockwise to R090, beyond 40 DME, below 7,000 ft.
- R090 clockwise to R150, beyond 40 DME, below 12,000 ft.
Lighting
- RWY 16 approach lighting
- ICAO simple approach lighting, high intensity elevated, 420 m with a crossbar at 300 m.
- RWY 34 approach lighting
- ICAO CAT I precision approach lighting with distance-coded centreline, high intensity elevated, 900 m with a crossbar every 150 m.
- RWY 16 PAPI
- Left-hand, 3.0°, MEHT 63.38 ft.
- RWY 34 PAPI
- Left-hand, 3.0°, MEHT 64.28 ft — restricted for use within 7 DME RAV, about 10 NM from threshold.
- Runway edge lights
- Bidirectional elevated, 60 m spacing, high intensity. First 3,160 m white, last 600 m amber.
- Touchdown zone and centreline lights
- None installed — no touchdown zone lights and no runway centreline lights.
- Taxiway and holding positions
- Red inset stop bars and paired yellow flashing runway guard lights at holding positions on TWY L, N, S, Turn Loop A and Turn Loop B. Yellow nosewheel guidance lines and illuminated guidance signs.
- IRVR
- Transmissometers at touchdown, mid-point and stop end.
Reduced visibility — LVP do not apply here
Low visibility procedures are not applicable at OMRK. Operating minima are limited to ILS CAT I, so Reduced Aerodrome Visibility Procedures apply instead. Operators who assume LVP will be wrong about what the field can do.
RAVP are in force when IRVR is below 1,500 m but at or above 550 m, or met visibility is below 2,000 m but at or above 800 m, or the ceiling is at or above 200 ft.
- ILS CAT I arrivals and all departures: IRVR 550 m or more, met visibility 800 m.
- VOR and GNSS arrivals: IRVR 1,500 m or more.
- All movement on the manoeuvring area ceases when IRVR falls below 550 m or the ceiling below 200 ft.
Obstacles
- The RWY 16 approach surface and the RWY 34 take-off climb surface are penetrated by unlit, unmarked trees in several groups — elevations 95 to 146 ft, heights up to 58 ft.
- Two lit cell-phone masts, elevations 678 ft and 738 ft, in the RWY 34 approach sector.
- A mast with support wires, elevation 1,050 ft, at 253923.92N 0554520.68E — bearing 285° magnetic, 10.1 NM from the ARP, dual day and night lighting.
Apron, stands and taxiways
All stands are concrete. The General Aviation apron shares the highest-rated pavement on the field with Stand 5.
| Stand | PCR |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1506/R/B/W/T |
| 2–4 | 1175/R/A/W/T |
| 5 | 1840/R/D/W/T |
| 6 | 1175/R/A/W/T |
| 7 | 1506/R/D/W/T |
| 8 | 1175/R/B/W/T |
| 9–11 | 1506/R/B/W/T |
| 12–13 | 1506/R/B/W/T |
| 14–15 | 1506/R/B/W/T |
| 16 | 1175/R/A/W/T |
| General Aviation apron | 1840/R/D/W/T |
The airport has separately published a General Aviation parking area of 32,678 m². That figure is not in the AIP — treat it as indicative.
| TWY | Width | Surface | PCR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turn Loop A | 23 m | Asphalt | 1181/F/C/W/T |
| Turn Loop B | 23 m | Asphalt | 1840/F/D/W/T |
| L | 23 m | Asphalt / concrete | 1764/R/C/W/T |
| N | 23 m | Asphalt | 1232/F/D/W/T |
| N1 (TXL) | 95 m | Asphalt | — |
| P | 22 m | Concrete | 1175/R/A/W/T |
| S | 23 m | Asphalt | 1735/F/D/W/T |
| S1 (TXL) | 68 m | Asphalt | — |
Taxiways Kilo, Lima and Mike appear on older published material. They are not in the current AIP table and should be treated as historic.
Rescue and firefighting
A GCAA-approved fire service, permanently at category 7.
- Category available
- CAT 7, permanently available
- Upgrade
- CAT 9 is available on prior request. Published notice periods disagree between sources, so confirm the current requirement with the operations desk rather than planning against a number from this page.
- CAT 7 equipment
- Two major foam tenders, one mobile command post, one water tanker, one ambulance.
- CAT 9 equipment
- Three major foam tenders, one mobile command post, one water tanker, one ambulance.
- Fire watchroom
- 121.850 MHz · H24
- Medical
- A nurse is on duty for sick passengers; ambulance and ambulift are available. Hospitals in the emirate are contacted in severe cases.
- Disabled aircraft removal
- The responsibility of the aircraft operator. The airport declares no recovery capability.
Fuel and ground support
Anti-ice inhibitor
The Jet A-1 supplied at RKT contains no anti-ice inhibitors — no FSII, no Prist. If your aircraft requires an additive you must carry it.
- Grades
- AVTUR / Jet A-1 only.
- Delivery
- Bowser, H24, operated by the airport company.
- Total storage
- 1 750 000 L
- Pricing
- Posted monthly for Jet A-1 and Avtur. Bulk orders may be eligible for a discount — ask Ground Handling.
- Avgas 100LL
- Not listed by the airport or in the AIP. Assume it is unavailable until the airport confirms otherwise.
- Oil
- No stock is held. Available with 72 hours of prior notice.
- De-icing
- Nil. There is no de-icing capability on the field and no requirement for clearing in any season.
- Ground support equipment
- Aircraft tugs, air start unit, passenger stairs for aircraft up to Boeing 747, ground power units, toilet service units, baggage vehicles, apron service vehicles, runway friction tester, passenger and crew minibus, FOD sweeper.
Air-conditioning units do not appear in any airport-sourced list. If you need one, ask before you plan around it.
Operating hours and air traffic services
The field, its services and its frequencies run continuously.
| Service | Hours |
|---|---|
| Aerodrome | H24 |
| Aerodrome administration | H24 |
| Customs and immigration | H24 |
| Health and sanitation | H24 |
| AIS briefing office | H24 |
| ATS reporting office | H24 |
| MET briefing office | H24 |
| Air traffic services | H24 |
| Fuelling | H24 |
| Handling | H24 |
| Security | H24 |
| De-icing | Nil |
| Service | Callsign | Frequency | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| APP / Radar | Ras Al Khaimah Approach Radar | 124.000 | H24 |
| TWR | Ras Al Khaimah Tower | 118.250 | H24 |
| APRON | — | 121.750 | H24 |
| ATIS | — | 126.075 | H24 |
| Fire watchroom | Fire Watchroom | 121.850 | H24 |
An older published frequency for GROUND on 121.600 MHz is superseded. Apron and follow-me vehicles work 121.750 MHz.
- Control zone
- Ras Al Khaimah CTR · Class D · GND to 1,500 ft AMSL
- Callsign
- Ras Al Khaimah Tower · English
- Transition altitude
- 13,000 ft
- Flight plans
- All departing traffic must file a flight plan at the AIS/MET briefing office.
- Noise abatement
- No noise restrictions are in place. The noise abatement chapter of the AIP is intentionally blank.
- Seasonal availability
- Available in all seasons. No clearing requirement and no clearing equipment.
Aircraft acceptance and hangarage
- Largest type with full facilities
- Full facilities up to and including the Antonov An-124.
- Ferry and overhaul positioning
- Up to Boeing 747 when positioning empty for positioning and overhaul.
- Hangar space for visiting aircraft
- Hangarage exists and the airport has previously stated a limit around A320 class with prior permission. No capacity figure is published and the sources disagree — ask the desk for a specific aircraft and date.
- Repair facilities for visiting aircraft
- Available. Line maintenance is provided on the field by BCT Aviation Maintenance and by Global Jet Technic, a GCAA CAR 145 line station.
- Line maintenance on the field
- BCT Aviation Maintenance also operates managed parking and storage here — one of only two such locations worldwide, the other being Shannon.
- Corporate aviation precinct
- Over 500,000 m², served by a Code C taxiway.
Meteorology
- MET office
- Ras Al Khaimah MET, H24, AWOS installed, personal briefing in English.
- TAF
- Prepared by Dubai MET, 30-hour validity, issued every 6 hours.
- Trend forecast
- Not issued.
- MET telephone
- +971 7 207 5219
- Mean daily maximum
- 43.7 °C in August, 43.5 °C in June.
- Mean pressure range
- 997 hPa in July to 1017 hPa in January and December.
- Briefing resources
- UAE charts, text forecasts, satellite imagery, rainfall radar, TAFs, METARs and aerodrome colour states, with AFTN telex access to worldwide METAR and TAF databanks and direct liaison with the Dubai Meteorological Office.
What is not published yet
The items below are genuinely unpublished rather than withheld. The operations desk will answer them for a specific flight.
- No aerodrome chart or apron layout is published in a web-usable form.
- The ARFF CAT 9 notice period is stated differently by different sources and has not been reconciled.
- Hangar capacity for visiting aircraft has never been published as a figure.
- No IATA slot coordination level has ever been published for RKT.
Planning reference only
This page is compiled from the UAE eAIP entry for OMRK and from the airport's own publications. It is not an operational source. The current UAE AIP and the NOTAMs in force are the authority for every figure shown — check both before you file.