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Flights to Arafat

Use this guide to learn how to fly to Mount Arafāt to observe the Day of Arafāt, including the best airport to fly to and which airlines to fly with. 

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What is the Day of Arafah?

The Day of Arafah (or Arafāt) is a sacred and virtuous day in the Muslim calender. On this day, many Muslim pilgrims gather on the plain and slopes of Arafât.

The day is a religious ceremony which commemorates the Prophet Muhammad. According to some Islamic traditions, the Day of Arafah is the day that the Prophet Muhammad gave his Farewell Sermon, otherwise known as the ‘Khutbat al-Wada'. This sermon is believed to have been given to his Sahabah (Companions), who had accompanied him for the Hajj towards the end of his life, upon the slopes of Arafât.

When is Arafah 2022?

The Day of Arafah is held on the ninth day of the Islamic lunar month. In 2022 this will be on julio 8. Arafat Day is also on the second day of the Hajj pilgrimage and the day before the first day of the Islamic Holiday of Eid ul-Adha.

Where is Arafat?

Arafat is celebrated by Muslims around the world. Hundreds of thousands of Muslims also take a pilgrimage to Mount Arafāt (or Mount Arafah). Mount Arafā is a large granite hill, east of Mecca in the plain of Arafat, and is of immense religious significance. Pilgrims observe the day of Arafat by standing in contemplative vigil.

 

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King Abdulaziz International Airport

King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED) is an international airport located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It is the third largest and the busiest airport in Saudi Arabia. The airport opened a new Hajj Terminal in 2019, which was built specifically to cater for Muslim pilgrims heading to Mecca annually on the pilgrim of Hajj. The airport is a hub for the following airlines: Flynas, and Saudia.

Distance from Arafat: Approximately 60 miles, which takes about 1 hour and 15 minutes by car.

✈︎ Airlines: Lots of airlines operate flights to King Abdulaziz International Airport from destinations across the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Europe, including Saudia, Air Arabia, Turkish Airlines, SpiceJet, SaudiGulf Airlines, Nile Air, Kuwait Airways, Iran Air, Ethiopian Airlines and Emirates, among others. See the table below for a full list of airlines. Some flights are operated throughout the year, while other routes are only available during Hajj. 

AIRLINE	REGULAR DESTINATIONS	DESTINATIONS DURING HAJJ
Aegean airlines	Athens
Afriqiyah Airways	Misrata, Tripoli–Mitiga, Bayda, Benghazi
Air Algérie	Algiers
Aire arabia	Alexandria, Assiut, Luxor, Sharjah, Sharm El Sheikh, Sohag
AirAsia X	Kuala Lumpur–International
Airblue	Islamabad, Lahore, Multan, Peshawar
Air Cairo	Alexandria, Assiut, Cairo, Sohag
Air China		Hajj: Ürümqi
Air india	Delhi, Hyderabad, Kozhikode, Mumbai	Hajj: Aurangabad
AnadoluJet	Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Batik Air	Makassar, Medan, Surakarta/Solo
Biman Bangladesh Airlines	Chittagong, Dhaka	Hajj: Sylhet
Citilink	Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta, Medan, Palembang, Semarang, Surabaya, Surakarta/Solo
Daallo Airlines	Hargeisa, Mogadishu
Egyptair	Alexandria, Cairo, Sharm El Sheikh
emiratos	Dubai–International
Eritrean Airlines	Asmara
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis ababa
Aerolíneas Etihad	Abu Dhabi	Al Ain
Flyadeal	Abha, Dammam, Gassim, Riyadh, Tabuk
FlyBosnia	Sarajevo
Flydubai	Dubai–International
FlyEgypt	Alexandria, Assiut, Sohag
Flynas	Abu Dhabi, Adana, Algiers, Amman–Queen Alia, Baghdad, Bangalore, Beirut, Dammam, Dubai–International, Erbil, Hatay, Hofuf, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Jizan, Kano, Khartoum, Kuwait, Medina, Riyadh, Sarajevo, Sharjah, Sharm El Sheikh, Tabuk, Yanbu, Baku, Batumi, Kozhikode, Salzburg, Tbilisi, Vienna
Garuda indonesia	Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta, Balikpapan, Banda Aceh, Makassar, Medan, Padang, Surabaya, Surakarta/Solo	Hajj: Banjarmasin, Palembang
Gulf Air	Bahrain
IndiGo	Bangalore, Delhi, Kozhikode, Mumbai
Iran Air		Hajj: Bandar Abbas, Birjand, Bushehr, Goragan, Isfahan, Medina, Rasht, Shiraz, Urmia, Zahedan
Iraqi Airways
Jazeera Airways	Kuwait
Jet2.com		Hajj: Leeds/Bradford, Manchester
Jubba Airways	Dubai–International, Galkayo
Kabo Air		Hajj: Abuja, Kano
Kam Air	Kabul, Kandahar
Kuwait Airways	Kuwait
Libyan Airlines	Benghazi, Tripoli–Mitiga
Lion Air	Balikpapan, Banda Aceh, Makassar, Padang, Palembang, Pekanbaru, Surabaya, Surakarta/Solo
Malaysia Airlines	Kuala Lumpur–International	Hajj: Alor Setar, Johor Bahru, Kuala Terengganu, Penang
Max Air		Hajj: Kano
Aerolíneas de oriente medio	Beirut
Nesma Airlines	Ha'il
Nile Air	Alexandria, Assiut, Cairo, Luxor, Sohag
Nordwind Airlines	Moscow–Sheremetyevo
Oman Air	Muscat, Salalah
Pakistan International Airlines	Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Multan
Pegasus Airlines	Trabzon
Qatar Airways	Doha
Qeshm Airlines		Hajj: Tehran–Imam Khomeini
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca	Hajj: Rabat, Tangier
Royal Brunei Airlines	Seasonal: Bandar Seri Begawan
Real jordano	Amman–Queen Alia
SalamAir	Muscat, Salalah
Saudia	Abha, Abu Dhabi, Addis Ababa, Al Baha, Alexandria, Algiers, Al Jawf, Al Ula, Al Wajh, Amman–Queen Alia, Amsterdam, Ankara, Arar, Athens, Baghdad, Bahrain, Bangalore, Beirut, Bisha, Cairo, Casablanca, Chennai, Colombo–Bandaranaike, Dammam, Dawadmi, Delhi, Dhaka, Doha, Dubai–International, Erbil, Frankfurt, Gassim, Geneva, Guangzhou, Gurayat, Ha'il, Hofuf, Hyderabad, Islamabad, Istanbul, Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta, Jizan, Johannesburg–O.R. Tambo, Kano, Karachi, Khartoum, Kochi, Kozhikode, Kuala Lumpur–International, Kuwait, Lahore, London–Heathrow, Los Angeles, Lucknow, Madrid, Malè, Manchester, Manila, Mauritius, Medina, Milan–Malpensa, Multan, Mumbai, Munich, Muscat, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta, Najran, New York–JFK, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Port Sudan,  Qaisumah, Rafha, Riyadh, Rome–Fiumicino, Sharm El Sheikh, Sharurah, Singapore, Tabuk, Ta'if, Tunis, Turaif, Vienna, Wadi al-Dawasir, Washington–Dulles Seasonal: Adana, Agadir, Ahmedabad, Ahwaz, Annaba, Batam, Constantine, Fes, Ghardaïa, Izmir, Kolkata, Makassar, Málaga, Marrakech, Mashhad, Medan, Oran, Rabat, Surabaya, Tabriz, Tangier
SaudiGulf Airlines	Baghdad, Dammam, Erbil
SCAT Airlines	Almaty
Scoot	Singapur
SpiceJet	Ahmedabad, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kozhikode, Mumbai	Hajj: Srinagar
SriLankan Airlines	Colombo–Bandaranaike
Sudan Airways	Khartoum
Syrian Air		Hajj: Damascus
Tarco Airlines	Khartoum
Tunisair	Tunis
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul	Hajj: Adana, Ankara, Antalya, Bursa, Denizli, Diyarbakır, Erzurum, Gaziantep, Isparta, Izmir, Kayseri, Konya, Samsun, Sivas, Trabzon, Van
Turkmenistan Airlines	Ashgabat
Utair Aviation		Hajj: Magas, Kazan
Uzbekistán Vías aéreas	Tashkent
Yemenia	Aden

 

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FAQs

Why do Muslims go to Arafat?

The Day of Arafah is a very sacred and virtuous day for Muslims. It is believed by many to be the day that the Prophet Muhammad gave his farewell sermon upon Mount Arafah. Many pilgrims will head to Mount Arafat, which is believed to be the place where the Prophet Muhammad stood and delivered his sermon to his companions. Pilgrims stand in contemplative silence on the hillside on this day. 

Is it easy to get to Mount Arafāt?

If you're planning a pilgrimage to Mount Arafāt for the Day of Arafat, you'll be pleased to hear that lots of airlines operate flights to the nearby King Abdulaziz International Airport ahead of the ceremony. Lots of airlines already operate regular flights to the airport throughout the year, but during Hajj lots of additional routes are added.