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TRAVEL TIMES Getting there
CONNECTING SAUDI ARABIA
WITH FOUR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS IN RIYADH, MEDINA, DAMMAM AND JEDDAH, THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF FLIGHT CONNECTIONS TO SAUDI ARABIA.
¥ King Khaled International Airport (KKIA) in the capital city of Riyadh was opened on 26 November 1983 as the centre of Saudi Arabia's air transportation system. The 225 square kilometre airport encompasses shopping centres, the royal pavilion, the air cargo building, the post office, the private aviation building, the mosque, the control tower and the aviation square, which contains two parallel runways each measuring 4,200 metres in length.
¥ The air traffic control tower at KKIA, centrally located in the passenger terminal complex between the Royal Pavilion and the mosque, is among the tallest control towers in the world at 81 metres high.
¥ King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA), located to the north of Jeddah, is Saudi Arabia's third largest air facility. The airport opened for business on 31 May 1981.
¥ Because of Jeddah's closeness to Islam's holy city of Mecca (Makkah), KAIA is the busiest airport in Saudi Arabia. KAIA has a dedicated Hajj Terminal, especially built to handle foreign pilgrims.
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¥ The Hajj Terminal offers pilgrims many facilities, including a mosque, and can accommodate 80,000 travellers at the same time.
¥ KAIA began a major
redevelopment in September 2006. Key expansion goals include four new terminal buildings, a high-speed rail link and capacity for up to 80 million passengers a year.
¥ King Fahd International Airport is located 15 kilometres northwest of Dammam. It is the largest airport in Saudi Arabia, and the largest in the world in terms of total land area at 780 square kilometres.
¥ Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz International Airport is a regional airport in the western city of Medina.
¥ Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz International Airport is the oldest international airport, having opened in 1974. Today, it handles mostly domestic flights, with limited scheduled international services to regional destinations such as Cairo, Damascus, and Istanbul. It also handles charter international flights during the Hajj season.
¥ Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz International is the fourth busiest airport in Saudi Arabia, handling on average 20- 25 flights a day, and double the amount during the Hajj season and school holidays.
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