From Ras Al Khaimah city
Head south out of the city on Digdaga Road and stay on it. The airport is signposted the whole way, and the terminals are the only thing of their size on that stretch of road.
Digdaga Road
Getting here · Directions
18 km south of the city, on Digdaga Road
Ras Al Khaimah International Airport sits 11 nautical miles — about 18 km — south of Ras Al Khaimah city, on Digdaga Road. From the Dubai and Sharjah corridors you stay on one road almost the whole way and turn off at the airport signs.
Position
- Aerodrome reference point
- 25°36'48"N 055°56'20"E
- Elevation
- 94 ft AMSL
- Codes
- RKT · OMRK
- To the city centre
- 18 km · about 20 minutes
The coordinates are the aerodrome reference point — the mid-point of the runway, as published in the UAE AIP. For the terminals, search for the airport by name in your navigation app.
Routes
Driving here
The airport is signposted from the emirate entrance. Every approach below converges on Digdaga Road for the final stretch.
From Al Marjan Island and Al Hamra
Leave the island by the causeway and join E11 towards Ras Al Khaimah, then follow the signs for Ras Al Khaimah International Airport onto Digdaga Road. This is the run that matters most to the resorts, and the airport has not yet measured it door to door.
E11Digdaga Road
From Dubai, Ajman and Umm Al Quwain
Take Emirates Road E311 north through Sharjah and Umm Al Quwain. At the entrance to the emirate, follow the signs for Ras Al Khaimah International Airport onto Sheikh Mohammed Bin Salem Road and then onto Digdaga Road.
E311Sheikh Mohammed Bin Salem RoadDigdaga Road
From Sharjah
The same E311 corridor, one emirate closer. Join it northbound and follow the airport signs at the emirate entrance; the last stretch is Digdaga Road, south of the city.
E311Digdaga Road
From Fujairah and the east coast
Take the E89 Ras Al Khaimah–Fujairah highway to Manama, then the E18, which meets Digdaga Road. Turn onto Digdaga Road for the airport.
E89E18Digdaga Road
From Abu Dhabi
E311 the whole way north, past Dubai and Sharjah, then the airport signs at the emirate entrance. Allow for two rush hours rather than one on a working day.
E311Digdaga Road
At the gate
Which terminal
Departures and arrivals are separate buildings with their own entrances and their own parking. There is no landside transfer between them, so it is worth knowing which one you want before you turn in.
- Flying out — the Departure Terminal. Check-in, security and the departure gates are all in this building, along with the terminal café, which is open around the clock.
- Meeting a flight — the Arrival Terminal. Passengers come through passport control, baggage reclaim and customs before they reach the arrivals hall, where the car rental desks are.
- Business aviation and VIP arrivals use the separate VIP terminal; your handling agent will direct the car.
Distances
Distances
Published for planning. Road times across the northern emirates swing with the hour of the day more than with the route you choose.
| From | To | Distance | Typical drive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ras Al Khaimah city centre | The airport | 18 km | about 20 min |
| Dubai International (DXB) | The airport | ≈ 98 km | 60–90 min |
| Dubai city | Ras Al Khaimah | ≈ 110 km · E11 | 1.5–2 h |
| Sharjah (SHJ) | Ras Al Khaimah city | 60 km | about 35 min |
| Abu Dhabi (AUH) | Ras Al Khaimah city | 250 km | about 2.5 h |
Map
Address and map
The block below is everything a navigation app needs. Copy the coordinates straight in, or open the airport in your map of choice.
- Postal address
- Ras Al Khaimah International Airport, P.O. Box 501, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
- Coordinates (DMS)
- 25°36'48"N 055°56'20"E
- Coordinates (decimal)
- 25.61333, 55.93889
An interactive map, with terminal and parking detail on it, is a later addition to this site. It is deliberately not embedded here yet: a map that is wrong about where the doors are is worse than no map at all.