Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz (MED, ICAO OEMA) serves Medina, Saudi Arabia and is a destination reached by travellers flying from across Africa. Our catalogue links 0 direct destinations out of MED and 4 African origins into it, served by 1 carrier.
At a glance
4 catalogued corridors touch Medina (MED / OEMA) in Saudi Arabia: 0 outbound and 4 inbound, flown by 1 carrier. 3 of those corridors carry a cached USD quote in our weekly fare cache; the rest are catalogued on schedule evidence alone. The mix runs 0 sectors under four hours, 1 of four to seven and 3 beyond seven.
| Attribute | Detail |
|---|---|
| IATA / ICAO | MED / OEMA |
| City | Medina |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Direct destinations (catalogued) | 0 |
| Reached from (African origins) | 4 |
| Coordinates | 24.553, 39.705 |
The route mix at MED splits into 0 short sectors under four hours, 1 medium sector of four to seven hours and 3 long-haul sectors beyond seven — a profile that tells you what the terminal is actually built around. 4 of the corridors here are flagged in our data as labour-migration or diaspora routes, where checked-baggage terms drive booking decisions more than schedule does.
Two codes, two uses. MED is the IATA code you will see on a ticket, a baggage tag and a departure board, while OEMA is the ICAO code used in flight plans, NOTAMs and air-traffic filing. They are not interchangeable: IATA codes are reused across the world’s smaller fields and are the ones that cause mis-booking, which is why every corridor on this site is keyed on the pair of codes rather than a city name.
Airlines serving MED
1 carrier appears on the MED corridors covered here; for the 1 we hold details on, checked-baggage baselines are 46 kg, and 1 of them belong to a global alliance (SkyTeam 1). That list is built from the 4 corridors this site catalogues through MED, so it is our coverage rather than the airport’s full published schedule.
These carriers operate the MED corridors catalogued on this site.
| Airline | Alliance | Checked baggage | Hajj/Umrah charter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudia (SV) | SkyTeam | 46 kg | Yes |
Alliance spread decides how easily a disruption at MED gets fixed. With 1 SkyTeam carrier on these corridors, a passenger stuck here can sometimes be reflowed onto a partner without a new ticket — but only within the same alliance, and only when the original ticket permits it. Between alliances, re-accommodation is a commercial favour rather than an entitlement.
Diaspora and migrant-worker baggage uplift recorded against carriers here: Saudia +15 kg. These are carrier promotions attached to nominated corridors and fare families — they do not follow you onto a partner’s codeshare segment, and the cheapest fare buckets are usually excluded. Confirm against your own booking class rather than the table.
Top routes into MED
Lagos to Medina (LOS–MED) heads the MED list below, at about 3 flights a week on SV.
The USD market-low column is the cheapest fare our weekly cache recorded on the corridor across all carriers.
| Route | Carriers | Freq/wk | Block (h) | Market low (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagos (LOS) → Medina (MED) | SV | ~3 | ~9.0 | $792 |
| Johannesburg (JNB) → Medina (MED) | SV | ~3 | ~9.5 | — |
| Nairobi (NBO) → Medina (MED) | SV | ~2 | ~6.0 | $270 |
| Accra (ACC) → Medina (MED) | SV | ~2 | ~8.5 | $1,035 |
Schedule concentration is the number worth noticing: the three busiest corridors account for about 80% of the roughly 10 weekly departures our catalogue records at MED. A concentrated airport recovers well on its trunk routes — several rotations a day means a cancellation is a wait, not a lost day — and badly on its thin ones, where the next flight can be days away.
Block times across these corridors run from about 6.0 h to 9.5 h. That range is the practical reason a single connecting-time rule does not work at MED: a short regional inbound and a long-haul outbound have very different delay profiles, and a tight self-built connection between them is where most missed onward flights on this site’s corridors happen. On separate tickets there is no protection at all.
Corridors and typical fares from MED
3 of the 4 MED corridors carry a cached USD quote, the lowest at $270. Fares are quoted in USD across the whole site so corridors from different African markets stay comparable. Sector length drives the shape: 0 run under four hours, 1 four to seven and 3 beyond seven.
Most MED corridors here serve Hajj and Umrah pilgrim travellers. The mix is 1 medium Gulf-range sector (4–7 h), 3 long-haul routes (over 7 h). 4 are labour-migration or diaspora corridors where extra-baggage allowances matter. As rough planning ranges (editorial estimates, not observed fares): intra-Africa $400–900, Gulf hubs $500–1,200, long-haul $800–2,200; each per-route guide below shows the cached fare with the date it was found.
| Corridor | Cached low (USD) | Cheapest month seen |
|---|---|---|
| NBO-MED | $270 | $270 in Jul 2026 |
| LOS-MED | $792 | — |
| ACC-MED | $1,035 | — |
The shape of the fare curve follows the sector length. The 0 short corridors under four hours from MED price like regional traffic and move mostly with the day of the week; the 3 long-haul corridors beyond seven hours move with season and school holidays, and can double between the cheapest and dearest month in our own cache. Mixing the two on one average would be meaningless, which is why every corridor page carries its own floor.
Direct flights to MED — 4 routes
4 catalogued routes are listed below for MED, reaching 4 countries, led by Ghana, South Africa and Nigeria. Our catalogue records 0 departure and 4 arrival corridors at MED, each linking to a corridor guide with carriers, frequency, block time and any cached fare.
These are guides, not booking screens. Behind each link sit the operating carriers, an estimated weekly frequency, the scheduled nonstop block time, the great-circle distance that would determine an EU261 or UK261 band where either regulation reaches the corridor, and any cached fare evidence we hold. Price is the last of those to matter, not the first.
Treat the list as a catalogue rather than a timetable. Routes are included where African outbound demand justifies a guide, so charter and marginal regional services at Medina may be flying without being listed. Where a corridor is here, the carriers shown are the ones we have on record, and a dash in the fare column means no fare was retrieved, not that none exists.
FAQ
5 questions below answer what travellers ask most often about this page’s subject, drawn from the same route, carrier, airport and fare data as everything above. Where a figure is missing from our data, the answer says so rather than estimating.
How is MED airport connected? MED (Medina) is reachable on 4 direct routes in our catalogue — see the full route list above.
What are the IATA and ICAO codes for MED airport? The IATA code is MED and the ICAO code is OEMA. The airport serves Medina, Saudi Arabia.
How can I check fares and schedules for routes through MED? Each route in the list above links to a guide with live USD fares, weekly frequency and the airlines that operate it.
Which airlines fly from MED? Carriers on MED corridors catalogued here: Saudia. See the airlines table above for alliance and baggage.
What is the cheapest flight from MED? The lowest cached fare out of MED in our weekly snapshot was about $270 on Nairobi–Medina (NBO-MED) — a dated observation, not a current price. Open the route guide for the fare with its observation date.
Related
- Flights to Saudi Arabia — country landing page: 16 catalogued corridors from African airports, carriers, visa row and the USD fare floor we have on file.
Corridor pages carry the per-route detail — carriers, weekly frequency, scheduled block time, great-circle distance and whatever the fare cache holds. Airport pages carry the full catalogued route list at that field, the based hub carriers and the compensation regime of the country it sits in. Carrier pages carry the baggage baseline, alliance and the network as this catalogue records it.