What the desk actually needs from Madinah is proximity to a gate. An assignment appears when something has to leave Medina Region by a deadline no freight product will promise. The question is then very simple: who is close enough to MED to check in for the next departure. From Madinah that is 27 minutes of driving, which is why the city is on the list at all.
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On Board Courier, Madinah
Freelance hand carry work for couriers who live in Madinah. MED is 27 minutes away by road, the desk books and pays the seat, and the fee is agreed in writing before you accept.
OnBoard Courier is a United Arab Emirates company, contracted by ICSL FZE and run from Dubai. A city named on this site is a place we cover and route through, not a separate company in that city. Assignments are contracted under UAE law, and the terms are published in full under legal and policies.
Based inMadinah, Medina Region
Nearest gateMED · Medina
Drive to the aircraft19 km · 27 minutes
Nonstop from MED65 airports
EngagementFreelance · per assignment
Fee per assignmentAED 900 to 2,600
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Applying is free. Freelance · self-employed ·
posted 7 September 2026 · open until 7 March 2027
What the work pays
The fee for an assignment is agreed with you in writing before you accept it. These are the figures the site publishes, and what the desk covers on top of them.
Top published feeAED 2,000The highest fee the site shows for a single assignment: sealed medical samples in a cooled case, Dubai to Singapore.
Published band, per assignmentAED 900 to 2,600A document pouch to London is AED 1,200, an aircraft part to Frankfurt AED 1,500, an escorted watch on the Berlin lane AED 1,800.
What the flight costs youAED 0The desk books and pays the ticket, the transfers and, where the routing needs it, the hotel. A courier never fronts the fare.
The one payment you makeAED 199, returnedThe Academy, paid once. It comes back in full on top of the fee for your first completed assignment. Applying itself is free.
Fees vary with the lane, the notice, the waiting time and whether the return is immediate, so the desk quotes each assignment individually rather than pretending one number fits every trip. You are self-employed and there is no minimum: accept or decline whatever you like, and declining costs you nothing. Earnings are paid per delivery by bank transfer, they appear in your courier portal, and you can request a payout once the balance reaches AED 200. Apply and see the flight board.
You fly as a passengerOne consignment in the cabin, one handover against signature. No warehouse, no van, no round.
The desk books and pays the ticketFlight, transfers and, where the routing needs it, a hotel are booked before you leave for the airport.
Paid per assignmentA fee agreed in writing before you accept, paid to your bank account after the signature. Applying is free.
How to start, in four steps
1
Apply once
One application covers every country desk. Tell us which passports you hold and where you can travel.
2
Verification and the Academy
Identity and background check, then a short course on customs, handovers and chain of custody.
3
Your first offer
The desk sends the routing, the dates and the fee in writing. You accept or decline, nothing is automatic.
4
Fly, hand over, get paid
Collect, board, clear customs in person, hand over against signature, and the fee is paid to your account.
The assignment
Most assignments out of MED are confirmed hours, not days, in advance. You are given the flight, the consignee and the customs position in writing, you drive to MED, and the ticket is already paid and issued in your name. The Gulf sector out of MED is nonstop, so there is no connection to miss. The handover is in person, and the fee reaches your account after it.
Getting to the aircraft from Madinah
From the middle of Madinah to the departure hall at MED is 19 km of road, 27 minutes in normal conditions. Every timing the desk gives a courier in Madinah starts from that number.
The ground leg from Madinah barely counts as one. 27 minutes to MED means the desk can ring you and still make a departure the same evening. A single gate serves Madinah. When MED has no suitable departure the assignment waits or goes to another city, which is worth knowing before you join the list.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MED | Medina Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz | 19 km | 27 minutes | 65 |
Madinah is a city of 1.3 million people in Medina Region, and the clock there runs 1 hour behind the Emirates all year. Road distances are measured driving routes rather than straight lines, and nonstop counts come from the scheduled route data this site publishes.
What MED reaches without a change
The board at MED carries 65 nonstop destinations flown by 37 carriers. The table below is the busiest end of the MED board, measured in average daily flights rather than in marketing.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUH | Riyadh | Riyadh King Khaled | about 19 departures a day | 3 operators: flynas, Saudia, flyadeal |
| CAI | Cairo | Cairo | about 16 departures a day | 5 operators: flynas, Saudia, flyadeal |
| DMM | Ad Dammam | Ad Dammam King Fahd | about 7 departures a day | 2 operators: flynas, flyadeal |
| IST | Istanbul | Istanbul | about 7 departures a day | 2 operators: Saudia, Turkish Airlines |
| JED | Jeddah | Jeddah King Abdulaziz | about 6 departures a day | 2 operators: flynas, Saudia |
| BGW | Baghdad | Baghdad | about 5 departures a day | 2 operators: Aeroitalia |
| SAW | Istanbul | Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen | about 4 departures a day | 4 operators: flynas, flyadeal, Pegasus Airlines |
| DXB | Dubai | Dubai | about 4 departures a day | 2 operators: Emirates, flydubai |
| KIK | Kirkuk | Kirkuk Air Base | about 3 departures a day | 1 operator |
| BAH | Manama | Manama Bahrain | about 2 departures a day | 1 operator: Gulf Air |
Counting every airport a courier in Madinah can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 65 airports. Frequencies are average daily flights and change with the season, so the desk checks the live schedule before it offers you anything.
What moves out of Madinah
There is no published industrial map for the MED area on this site, and a page that made one up would be worthless. The traffic out of Madinah is the normal kind: documents that have to be witnessed, parts that stopped something, and samples with a clock on them.
Why a courier in Madinah is useful to the desk
A courier based in Madinah is useful to a Dubai desk for a reason that has nothing to do with Madinah being famous. It is that the desk can position a person at MED inside 27 minutes of a phone call, and MED has somewhere to send them.
Because the desk sits in Dubai, the connection back to the Gulf decides how often Madinah is called. From Madinah the Gulf is a single sector: MED and DXB are joined nonstop, about 4 departures a day, flown by Emirates and flydubai. That is roughly 2h 21m in the air over 1,600 km, and it means a consignment can leave Madinah in the evening and be in the Gulf before the next working day starts.
The nearest other cities on the Saudi Arabia list
Show the 8 closest, and how far each is from Madinah
Jeddah334 km away, JED in 39 minutesMecca339 km away, TIF in 1 hour 18 minutesTa’if365 km away, TIF in 24 minutesBuraydah484 km away, ELQ in 23 minutesTabuk532 km away, TUU in 8 minutesRiyadh719 km away, RUH in 26 minutesAl Kharj783 km away, RUH in 1 hour 41 minutesDammam1075 km away, DMM in 31 minutes
All 9 Saudi Arabia cities are listed on the Saudi Arabia courier desk, which stays the general application for the country.
The engagement, and who we are looking for
The engagement
- Type: freelance, self-employed. You are an independent courier accepting individual assignments, not an employee, and you decide which ones you take.
- Where it runs: assignments are flown out of MED, between Saudi Arabia and wherever the consignment is going, with the return leg agreed per mission.
- Hours: variable. An assignment is a single trip, not a shift or a roster.
- How you are paid: a fee per completed assignment, agreed in writing before you accept it. The fees published on this site run from AED 1,200 for a document pouch to AED 2,000 for a cooled medical consignment, and the figure for your assignment reflects the lane, the notice, the waiting time and whether the return is immediate.
- What the desk pays: the flight, the transfers and, where the routing needs it, the hotel. A courier never pays for the ticket and never fronts the fare.
- Applying is free. No payment is required to apply, to be screened or to be placed on the courier list. The Academy costs AED 199, paid once, and is returned in full on top of the fee for your first completed assignment. It is the only payment a courier ever makes to us.
What we look for
- A passport with comfortable remaining validity and free pages, and the right to enter the country on the routing. The desk checks the visa position for your specific passport before any assignment is offered.
- A clean background check and a willingness to be verified. Couriers carry other people’s property.
- Availability at short notice, and a realistic view of the 27 minutes drive to MED. Most assignments are confirmed hours, not days, before departure.
- Presentable, calm and articulate at a customs counter. The consignment is only as smooth as the person carrying it.
- A working phone, reachable on the number you gave us, for the whole assignment.
What we provide
- The ticket. Always. A courier never pays for the flight and never fronts the fare.
- The paperwork, prepared before you reach MED, and a named contact at the desk on both ends.
- A briefing on the consignment, the consignee and what the customs position at the far end looks like.
- A fee per completed assignment, agreed with you in advance and paid by bank transfer after the handover.
Questions about the Madinah list
01How far is Madinah from MED?
19 km, about 27 minutes by car from Madinah. The desk works backwards from the bag drop at MED, so the time it asks you to leave will look conservative and is meant to.
02What can I reach from Madinah without a change of aircraft?
MED serves 65 airports nonstop across 22 countries with 37 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Madinah can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 65 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Madinah to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Madinah the Gulf is a single sector: MED and DXB are joined nonstop, about 4 departures a day, flown by Emirates and flydubai. That is roughly 2h 21m in the air over 1,600 km, and it means a consignment can leave Madinah in the evening and be in the Gulf before the next working day starts.
04Do I have to live in the UAE to be on this list?
No. OnBoard Courier is a UAE company and the desk is in Dubai, but the courier list is worldwide. Living in Madinah, 27 minutes from MED, is a qualification rather than an obstacle.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
No. There is no fee to join the Madinah list and no deposit of any kind. The Academy is AED 199 once, and that AED 199 is added back on top of what you are paid for your first completed assignment.
06How is my fee agreed?
The desk sends the routing, the timing and the fee for that specific assignment in writing. You accept or decline it. Nothing is deducted or charged without your written agreement.
Apply to fly out of MED
Apply once and you are on the list for MED and for every other lane your passport allows. Declining an offer out of MED costs you nothing.
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