Sakhir Air Base

Sakhir Air Base is a military located 3 nautical miles south-southwest of , . The airbase itself was built for the Bahrain International Airshow, held every two years in November.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Bahrain
  • Also known as: “OBKH”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bahrain International Circuit and Mountain of Smoke.

Photo: Ryan Bayona, CC BY 2.0.
The is a 5.412 km motorsport venue opened in 2004 and used for drag racing, GP2 Series, and the annual Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix.

Peak
The is a hill in the of . At 134 m above mean sea level, it is the country's highest point. The is named as such because of the haze which often surrounds it on humid days.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dar Kulaib and Zallaq.

Town
is a situated in the western part of the Kingdom of Bahrain. The village is close to the , where the Bahrain Grand Prix takes place annually.

Town
is a village on the western coast of . was the home to the Al-Dawasir, Al-Zeabi and Al-Gahtam and Al-Seddiqi tribes in Bahrain together with and .

Town
is a small municipality located approximately in the centre of the Kingdom of Bahrain, a small island in the . Founded in the 1930s by the Bahrain Petroleum Company, it is populated mostly by workers of various nationalities from around the world whose skills were needed in the setting up and running of the refinery at Sitrah.

Sakhir Air Base

Latitude
26.0328° or 26° 1′ 58″ north
Longitude
50.5252° or 50° 31′ 31″ east
Open location code
7HRG2GMG+43
Open­Street­Map ID
way 176050715
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­aerodrome
Wiki­data ID
Q12243553
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Sakhir Air Base” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار الصخير الدولي”
  • Indonesian: “OBKH”
  • Japanese: “KHB”
  • Japanese: “OBKH”
  • Japanese: “サヒール空軍基地”
  • Persian: “پایگاه هوایی صخیر”
  • Russian: “Авиабаза Сахир”
  • Spanish: “Base Aérea de Sakhir”

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