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This is a list of airports in Saudi Arabia, grouped by type and sorted by location. Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is the largest Arab country of the Middle East . It is bordered by Jordan and Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait , Qatar , Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and ...
Airport Closed: Hamad International Airport: Passenger [1] Saudi Arabia: Abha: Abha International Airport: Passenger [1] Al Ahsa: Al-Ahsa International Airport: Passenger [1] Al Bahah: Al-Baha Domestic Airport: Passenger [1] AlUla: Prince Abdul Majeed bin Abdulaziz International Airport: Passenger [1] Al-Jawf: Al Jouf Airport: Passenger [1 ...
In March 2021, the General Authority of Civil Aviation in Saudi Arabia has approved the landing of international flights at the airport. According to Saudi Press Agency, the airport's annual capacity has increased from 100,000 passengers to 400,000 and its area has increased to 2.4 million square meters. [ 9 ]
In October 2011, the consortium entered into a contract with the Civil Aviation Authority of Saudi Arabia (GACA) to build and operate the Prince Muhammad Bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Al Madinah Al-Munawarah under a 25-year concession. The project reached financial close on 30 June 2012, securing a total of US$1.2 billion financing ...
Under the Road to Makkah initiative, pilgrims are able to complete their immigration requirements at their home country's airport before they depart for Saudi Arabia. This saves pilgrims several hours upon arrival in the kingdom, as they can simply enter the country without having to go through immigration again. [4] [5]
Aerial view with old South Terminal, the new Terminal 1 can be seen in the background. King Abdulaziz International Airport [a] (IATA: JED, ICAO: OEJN, colloquially referred to as Jeddah Airport, Jeddah International Airport, or KAIA), is a major international airport serving the cities of Jeddah and Mecca in Saudi Arabia, located 19 kilometres (12 mi) north of Jeddah and covering an area of ...
To improve socio-economic development and boost tourism in Saudi Arabia, the sector on which the Government of Saudi Arabia has laid a strong emphasis by realising its potential since the last decade, in December 2022, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, proposed the plan of building a new airport with the goal of boosting tourism in Saudi Arabia, by expanding the existing ...
It was renamed Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz International Airport by royal decree by King Abdullah on 5 July 2012 in memory of former Crown Prince Naif who died in June 2012. [ 4 ] [ 3 ] Prince Sultan , then crown prince and minister of defense and aviation, launched an expansion project of the royal terminal at the airport in 2003.