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King Fahd International Airport

Ad Dammam · Saudi Arabia · Asia/Riyadh

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2Runways

13,124Longest (ft)

72Elevation (ft)

48Route Records

32Airline Records

UTC+3Timezone

11Mapped Stands

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Route Intelligence

34Regional Hub

Shortest route

BAHBahrain International Airport86.6 km

Gulf Air Bahrain

Longest route

MNLNinoy Aquino International Airport7,450.7 km

Saudi Arabian Airlines

Nearest international

BAHBahrain International Airport86.6 km

Gulf Air Bahrain

Longest international

MNLNinoy Aquino International Airport7,450.7 km

Philippine Airlines

Longest domestic

TUUPrince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Airport1,316.6 km

Saudi Arabian Airlines

Airport Connectivity Score

34/100

Regional Hub

Destinations served48 destinations

Airline diversity32 airlines

Haul mix coverage3 of 4 distance categories

Calculated from destination count, airline diversity, and haul-mix coverage. More signals (customs/border access, ground handling capacity) will be added as the dataset grows.

Runways

16L/34R13,124 ftAsphaltLIT

16R/34L13,124 ftAsphaltLIT

Haul Mix

short-haul

medium-haul

long-haul

Geographic Context

Nearest airport

DHAKing Abdulaziz Air Base41.9 km

Nearest same country

DHAKing Abdulaziz Air Base41.9 km

Nearest international

BAHBahrain International Airport86.6 km

Farthest airport

GMRTotegegie Airport19,410.2 km

Within 500 km: 29 airportsWithin 1,000 km: 75 airportsWithin 2,000 km: 262 airports

10 Nearest Airports

1DHAKing Abdulaziz Air Base41.9 kmL

2BAHBahrain International Airport86.6 kmL

3HOFAl-Ahsa International Airport135.3 kmL

4XJDAl Udeid Air Base213.7 kmM

5DIADoha International Airport222.2 kmL

6DOHHamad International Airport224.7 kmL

7BUZBushehr Airport293.6 kmM

8KNRJam Airport294 kmM

9PGUPersian Gulf International Airport308.5 kmM

10KHKKhark Airport314.6 kmM

ATC Frequencies6

A/DDAMMAM ARR/DEP125 MHz

APPDAMMAM APP126.3 MHz

ATIS—128.05 MHz

GNDEast121.65 MHz

GNDWest121.75 MHz

TWRTWR124.35 MHz

Top Aircraft Types

320

321

73H

330

772

E70

332

333

738

343

Sample Routes

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BAHBahrain International Airport86.6 km

short-haulGulf Air Bahrain

DOHHamad International Airport224.7 km

short-haulQatar Airways

RUHKing Khalid International Airport353.1 km

short-haulBiman Bangladesh Airlines

TAITaiz International Airport1,538.7 km

medium-haulAirlines Of Tasmania

ADEAden International Airport1,596.2 km

medium-haulAirlines Of Tasmania

BEYBeirut Rafic Hariri International Airport1,598.1 km

medium-haulMiddle East Airlines

FRAFrankfurt Main Airport4,368.2 km

long-haulLufthansa CargoCS

AMSAmsterdam Airport Schiphol4,705 km

long-haulAir FranceCS

Airline Records in Dataset32

G9Air Arabia

E5Air Arabia Egypt

AFAir France

IXAir India Express

AIAir India Limited

FOAirlines Of Tasmania

BGBiman Bangladesh Airlines

DLDelta Air Lines

MSEgyptair

EKEmirates

ETEthiopian Airlines

EYEtihad Airways

FZFly Dubai

GFGulf Air Bahrain

IRIran Air

9WJet Airways

KLKLM Royal Dutch Airlines

KUKuwait Airways

MJL

LHLufthansa Cargo

MEMiddle East Airlines

XYNas Air

WYOman Air

PKPakistan International Airlines

PRPhilippine Airlines

QFQantas

QRQatar Airways

RJRoyal Jordanian

SVSaudi Arabian Airlines

NLShaheen Air International

ULSriLankan Airlines

TKTurkish Airlines

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Airport HistoryEst. 1999

King Fahd International Airport near Dammam was planned from 1976 and built through the 1980s across a vast 780 km² site — making it, by land area, the largest airport in the world according to Guinness World Records — though only a small fraction is developed. Its basic infrastructure was complete enough to serve as a coalition military base during the 1990–91 Gulf War, but it did not open for commercial service until November 1999, and it now handles nearly 11 million passengers a year as a hub for Saudi low-cost carriers flynas and flyadeal.

✦Guinness World Records has cited King Fahd International as the world's largest airport by land area (about 780 km², larger than the country of Bahrain), though the vast majority of that area is undeveloped desert rather than built infrastructure.

✦The airport has three terminals serving distinct user groups: general commercial passengers, Saudi Aramco personnel, and the Saudi royal family.

1976

Planning Begins

Planning for a new international airport serving Dammam and the Eastern Province begins as part of Saudi Arabia's national Airports Development Program.

1977

Master Plan Completed

A master plan is completed by architecture firm Yamasaki & Associates together with Boeing, laying out an airport of an unusually large land area.

1983

Construction Commences

Construction begins on the airport, including its distinctive very large land footprint of around 780 km².

1990

Used as Gulf War Military Base

With basic infrastructure complete, the site is used as a coalition military airbase during the 1990–91 Gulf War, prior to any commercial opening.

1999

Commercial Opening

King Fahd International Airport opens for commercial passenger operations on 28 November 1999.

2017

Corporatization under DACO

The airport is corporatized under the newly formed Dammam Airports Company (DACO) for its management and operation.

2021

COVID-19 Recovery

After pandemic-driven suspensions, domestic flights resume on 31 May 2020 and international flights on 17 May 2021.

2023

Nearly 11 Million Passengers

The airport handles about 10.9 million passengers, 138,870 tonnes of cargo and over 99,500 aircraft movements across 65 destinations served by 37 airlines.

General encyclopedic and industry sources (Wikipedia, airport/company reporting). The 'world's largest airport by area' claim is a Guinness World Records designation based on total land area, not developed/usable area — flagged here to avoid implying it is the busiest or most built-up airport.