Socotra Airport
Socotra Airport
Socotra Airport (Arabic: ???? ?????) is an airport in Socotra, Yemen (IATA: SCT, ICAO: OYSQ). It is the only commercial airport that serves the Socotra Governorate of Yemen and its capital town of Hadibu.
Location
12.632°N, 53.906°E · 45 m s. n. m. (146 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 2
Tower
Ground
Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.
History
Socotra Airport was first opened in July 1999. Prior to its construction, travel to Socotra was difficult and often required visitors to board cargo ships and go by sea, which itself was unreliable during monsoon season. The opening of the airport coincided with increasing development of the island.
Flights were suspended in March 2015, due to the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen.
In April 2018, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) deployed more than a hundred troops with artillery and armoured vehicles to the Yemeni archipelago of Socotra in the Guardafui Channel without prior coordination with the Yemeni government, causing the relations of the two countries to deteriorate. During the occupation of Socotra, Emirati troops dismissed the Yemeni officials and took administrative control of the airport. The following month, an agreement was reached between the United Arab Emirates and Yemen where control of the airport returned to the Yemeni authorities.
On 21 June 2020, following a coup, the United Arab Emirates-backed Southern Transitional Council took control of Socotra from the internationally-recognized government of Yemen, However it was retaken in the 2025–2026 Southern Yemen campaign.
The UAE runs a once a week charter flight to Socotra Airport from Zayed International Airport. The flights were not authorized by the internationally-recognized government of Yemen, and have been described as illegitimate by the Houthi government and an unnamed source in the Yemeni Information, Tourism and Culture Ministry.
Airlines operating here · 1
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
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Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026
APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Socotra Airport (SCT). Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SCT
MLA
“Socotra Airport (SCT).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SCT. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
Vuelopedia. “Socotra Airport (SCT).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SCT.
Harvard
Vuelopedia (2026) Socotra Airport (SCT). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SCT (Accessed: 24 October 2026).
BibTeX
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author = {{Vuelopedia}},
title = {{Socotra Airport (SCT)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
url = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SCT},
howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SCT}},
urldate = {2026-10-24},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-24}
}Wikipedia
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