King Khalid International Airport

International airport serving Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

This article is about the civilian King Khalid Airport in Riyadh. For the military airport, see King Khaled Military City Airport.

King Khalid International Airport

مطار الملك خالد الدولي

Maṭār al-Malik Khālid al-Duwaliyy

Satellite image of the airport

* IATA: RUH
* ICAO: OERK

Summary
Airport type| Public
Owner/Operator| Riyadh Airports Company
Serves| Riyadh
Location| Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Opened| 16 November 1983; 41 years ago (1983-11-16)
Hub for|

* Flynas
* flyadeal
* Riyadh Air (begins 2025)
* Saudia

Elevation AMSL| 2,049 ft / 625 m
Coordinates| 24°57′28″N 046°41′56″E﻿ / ﻿24.95778°N 46.69889°E﻿ / 24.95778; 46.69889
Website| kkia.sa
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| Direction | Length  | Surface

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m  | ft
15R/33L  | 4,205  | 13,796  | Asphalt
15L/33R  | 4,205  | 13,796  | Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
| Passengers| 26,000,000+[1]

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Aircraft movements| 212,632[1]
Economic impact (2012)| $8.0 billion
Social impact (2012)| 87.1 thousand

Sources: AIP Saudi Arabia[2]

King Khalid International Airport (Arabic: مطار الملك خالد الدولي, romanized: Maṭār al-Malik Khālid al-Duwaliyy; IATA: RUH, ICAO: OERK) is an international airport located about 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[3] This airport consists of five passenger terminals with eight aero-bridges each, a mosque, and parking facilities for 11,600 vehicles. It includes a "Royal Terminal" designated for use by government officials, state guests, and the Saudi royal family. The airport has one of the world's tallest air traffic control towers, and two parallel runways, each 4,260 metres (13,980 ft) in length. It is the second largest airport by land area in the world, after King Fahd International Airport.[4] It is one of the busiest airports in the Middle East. The airport is owned and operated by the state-owned Riyadh Airports Company.

The Royal Mosque was designed with a significant programme of integral art; the stained glass, by British architectural artist Brian Clarke, was a landmark work in the history of the medium, considered to be the largest and technically most advanced stained glass project of the modern period.[5]

## History

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King Khalid International Airport (KKIA), designed by architectural practice Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum,[6] was opened by HRH King Fahd on 16 November 1983, and opened for scheduled flights on 5 December of the same year. Until then, what is now Riyadh Air Base served commercial flights to and from Riyadh. Increased international and local air transport requirements for Riyadh made the change necessary. Riyadh Air Base, which is much closer to the city center, is operated by the Royal Saudi Air Force.

This airport was an alternative landing site for NASA's Space Shuttle.[7]

On 12 March 2023, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, formally announced the establishment of Riyadh Air. Riyadh Air will use the airport as a hub.[8]

## Structure and facilities

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### Terminals

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#### Passenger terminals

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Domestic Departure gate

There are five main passenger terminals at the airport, four of them were built when the airport started operation in 1983, and Terminal 5 was opened in 2016.

* Terminal 1 was used for all international flights (except those operated by Saudia and Middle East Airlines, which are SkyTeam members and Flynas), though it is temporarily closed for renovations and might be used by Riyadh Air.
* Terminal 2 was used for all international flights by SkyTeam members, including Saudia and Flynas, though now it is used for all international flights (except those operated by Saudia and Middle East Airlines, which are SkyTeam members and Flynas).
* Terminal 3 has been reopened following its re-development; it hosted shuttle flight to Doha during the World Cup,[9] though now it hosts Flynas, Flyadeal, Qatar Airways, Pakistan International Airlines and all SkyTeam members (except Saudia).
* Terminal 4 has been redeveloped and is now operational. It currently hosts Saudia's international flights.
* Terminal 5 is the newest terminal which opened in 2016, which is now used by Saudia and Flynas for domestic flights.

Terminal 1 to 4 were built when the airport was opened in November 1983. They are connected to each other by means of three linking buildings, each 168 metres (551 ft 2 in) long. Each terminal is triangular in plan, with a base area of 47,500 square metres (511,000 sq ft). The complex includes a modern VIPs terminal plus restaurants, cafeterias, airlines offices, government departments, hotels and rent-a-car companies counters, banks, first aid clinics and commercial shops.

Terminal 5 is a 106,500 square metres (1,146,000 sq ft) rectangular building which can serve 16 narrow-body or 8 wide-body aircraft. Operated by Irish airport operator Dublin Airport Authority, it is Saudi's first privately run airport terminal and can handle 12 million passengers per year.[10]

#### The Royal Terminal

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The US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates walks with U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia James Smith after arriving at King Khalid International Airport.

Heads of state and other high-ranking VIP visitors to the kingdom are greeted in the Royal Pavilion. The Royal Pavilion has open spaces, garden areas, and fountains. A ceremonial hall 12.5 metres (41 ft 0 in) wide and 390 metres (1,279 ft 6 in) long connects it to the mosque. The design and geometry of the building are similar to those of the other terminals architecturally and in the aesthetic respect. Arriving guests can use either air bridges or escalators to enter the building from the aircraft parking area. The ceremonial area on the airside has space for special receptions involving honor guards and bands. Like the passenger terminals, the Royal Pavilion has a triangular plan, with a roof composed of 33 arched sections rising to a high point 30 metres (98 ft 5 in) above the ground level. Glass walls and windows illuminate the interior of the building.[11]

#### General aviation terminal

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A general aviation complex has been constructed north of runway number 1 for use by private aircraft and is reached by a special access road which runs north from the airport access highway. The general aviation facility includes a passenger terminal, aircraft parking and maintenance facilities, taxiways and parking for visitors, tenants and staff. In addition to privately owned aircraft, this facility accommodates Saudia's special flight services group. It is also home to Alsalam Aircraft Company, Ltd. Programmed Depot Maintenance (PDM) on Royal Saudi Air Force aircraft is performed at the uniquely designed facility.[12]

### Expansion

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In July 2014, German construction company Hochtief won the bid for the airport expansion which aims at increasing its capacity from 15 million to 25 million and includes construction of a new fifth terminal.[13] The contract was valued at €1.3 billion and will be carried out by Hochtief with a 55% stake, along with Indian engineering company Shapoorji Pallonji Mideast and Saudi Arabian construction company Nahdat Al Emaar. Construction is expected to be completed by May 2019.[14] Terminal 4 is expected to be equipped with required facilities. KKIA has not witnessed any development since its establishment in 1983.

#### King Salman International Airport

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King Salman International Airport is a proposed new airport to be built over King Khalid International Airport. The new airport will have no fewer than six parallel runways and capacity for up to 200 million passengers annually.[15]

### The Royal Mosque

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King Khalid Airport Mosque in Riyadh

The Royal Mosque is set within a plaza in a central position in the airport. KKIA was the first airport in Saudi Arabia to be built to then-contemporary engineering standards and the mosque was at the time of its construction the most modern mosque in the world, notable for its use of advances in construction and engineering to create a modern complex in a vernacular Arabic style, and for its programme of integral art, at that time the largest in the world,[16] marrying traditional Islamic decorative elements[17] with, and interpreted through, the work of contemporary artists.[18][19] Hexagonal in plan, and enclosing an area of over 60,000 sq ft (5,600 m2), its scale, location and design make it the most dominant building in the passenger complex.[20] The mosque can accommodate 5,000 worshippers inside,[21] with capacity for an additional 4,000 in the surrounding plaza.[3] The mosque's dome, 33 metres (108 ft 3 in) in diameter and internally clad in polished bronze,[22] is internally separated from the lower roof of the building by a seven-foot clerestory ring of stained-glass windows, by artist Brian Clarke, below which runs a calligraphic mosaic band designed by Iranian-Armenian painter Edman Ayvazyan. The hand-cut glass and marble mosaic, measuring 250 square metres (2,700 sq ft) and fabricated with Clarke's assistance, was the largest in the world at the time.[23] The dome's apex, at 40 metres (131 ft 3 in) above the arrivals level roadway, is higher than all the other structures in the passenger complex with the exception of the control tower and minaret. At the time of its construction, the programme of decorative and integral art[24] for the mosque constituted one of the largest single art projects of the period. In the northeast corner of the mosque plaza, a minaret rises 39 metres (127 ft 11 in) above the plaza level. A spiral stairway inside the minaret provides access to loudspeakers that broadcast the prayer calls five times daily. There are 5,030 square metres (54,100 sq ft) of floor space on the main floor of the mosque and another 765 square metres (8,230 sq ft) on the mezzanine floor. A Koranic library off of the main mosque floor has 50 square metres (540 sq ft) of user space and the same amount for storage space. The library, private offices and lavatories are located along the southeast on the southwest walls.

#### Stained glass

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In 1982, through the Vesti Corporation, the British architectural artist Brian Clarke was commissioned to conceive of a scheme of stained glass artworks for the interior of the Royal Mosque. Clarke made a study of Islamic ornament at the Quran schools in Fez and Tangiers for six weeks, and produced a series of abstract designs that engaged with historical pan-Islamic decorative tradition. Completed in 1982 and containing 2,000 square metres (22,000 sq ft) of stained glass, the Royal Mosque was considered to be the largest and technically most advanced stained glass project of the modern period, requiring the full staff of 4 stained glass factories and 150 craftsmen, taking a year to fabricate.[25] The technical demands of the designs required the revival of certain traditional manufacturing techniques, the development of new ones to accommodate the programme of ornate geometric leading, and the deployment of modern technologies and materials, including screenprinting[26] and the acid-etching of float glass.

### Runways and aprons

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Departure area interior Runway and apron infrastructure[27] Aspect | Details

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Runways  | 2
Runway length  | 4,205 m (13,796 ft)
Runway width  | 60 m (200 ft)
Runway shoulders  | 7.5 m (25 ft) x 2
Runway paved blast pads  | 120 m (390 ft) x 2
Taxiway width  | 23 m (75 ft)
Taxiway shoulders  | 13 m (43 ft) x 2
The highest point of the landing  | 226 m (741 ft)
Cross taxiway width  | 28 m (92 ft)
Cross taxiway shoulders  | 14.5 m (48 ft) x 2
Large-sized aircraft stands  | 20 + 12 royal terminal
Small-sized aircraft stands  | 22
Cargo aircraft stands  | 4 (Large)
General aviation stands  | 36
Helipads  | 1 Royal terminal

### Air traffic control tower

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An airbridge connected to an Airbus A320

Centrally located in the passenger terminal complex, between the Royal Pavilion and the mosque is the air traffic control tower standing at 81 metres (265 ft 9 in) high. Twr Freq. 118.6E & 118.8W. GND 121.6. CD 121.8. Riyadh Dept. 120.0 Riyadh Approach 126.0

There are 19 separate floor levels in the tower, including the operations area at the base of the tower and a total of 1,230 square metres (13,200 sq ft) of floor space. Six of the 19 floors are considered main floors. These include the operational level at the base of the tower, two equipment floors, an observation floor, a service floor and the cab floor at the top of the tower from which the air traffic controllers overlook the entire airport. The operations floor houses the radar control center for the airport as well as conference rooms, offices and a training area. The two equipment level contain mechanical and electrical equipment and cables, and the service floor contains a kitchen, lounge and lavatories for personnel on duty in the cab. The cab itself contains controller operating positions and electronic and communications equipment. The tower is supplied with two sources of standby power should the regular source of power be interrupted. One source is the standby power supply at the central power plant – three diesel engine generators. In addition, a 300-kilowatt diesel engine located in the tower itself can provide a secondary source of emergency power. The tower is outfitted with the most advanced electronic radar systems and data processing equipment available.[28]

## Airlines and destinations

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### Passenger

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Airlines| Destinations

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Aegean Airlines |  Athens
Air Arabia |  Alexandria, Assiut, Cairo, Sharjah
Airblue |  Islamabad, Lahore
Air Cairo |  Assiut, Cairo, Giza,[29] Sohag[30]
Seasonal: Sharm El Sheikh[31]
Air China |  Beijing–Capital[32]
Air France |  Paris–Charles de Gaulle (resumes 20 May 2025)[33]
Air India |  Delhi, Mumbai
Air India Express |  Hyderabad, Kannur, Kochi, Kozhikode,[34] Thiruvananthapuram[35]
AirSial |  Islamabad,[36] Lahore[37]
AJet |  Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[38]
Akasa Air |  Mumbai[39]
Ariana Afghan Airlines |  Kabul
Azerbaijan Airlines |  Baku[40]
Badr Airlines |  Port Sudan
BeOnd |  Malé[41]
Biman Bangladesh Airlines |  Dhaka
British Airways |  London–Heathrow
Cathay Pacific |  Hong Kong[42]
China Eastern Airlines |  Shanghai–Pudong[43]
China Southern Airlines |  Beijing–Daxing,[44] Shenzhen[45]
Egyptair |  Alexandria, Cairo
Emirates |  Dubai–International
Ethiopian Airlines |  Addis Ababa
Etihad Airways |  Abu Dhabi
FitsAir |  Colombo–Bandaranaike[46]
Flyadeal |  Abha, Amman–Queen Alia, Arar,[47] Bahrain, Baku, Batumi, Cairo,[48] Dammam, Dubai–Al Maktoum,[49] Dubai–International, Gurayat,[47] Ha'il, Istanbul, Jeddah, Jizan, Karachi,[50] Kuwait City,[51] Medina,[52] Muscat, Najran, Sharm El Sheikh, Tabuk,[53] Ta'if, Tbilisi
Seasonal: Antalya,[54] Bodrum,[54] Larnaca,[55] Sarajevo,[54] Trabzon[54]
Flydubai |  Dubai–International
Fly Jinnah |  Islamabad,[56] Lahore
Flynas |  Abha, Addis Ababa,[57] Al Baha, Alexandria, Al Jawf, Al Ula, Amman–Queen Alia, Arar,[58] Assiut, Baghdad, Bahrain, Baku, Beirut,[59] Bisha, Bodrum,[60] Cairo, Dammam, Delhi,[61] Doha,[62] Dubai–Al Maktoum,[63] Dubai–International, Entebbe,[64] Gassim, Giza,[65] Gurayat, Ha'il, Hatay[citation needed], Hyderabad,[66] Islamabad, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Jeddah, Jizan, Karachi, Kozhikode,[67] Kuwait City, Lahore, Lucknow,[68] Medina, Moscow–Vnukovo, Mumbai, Muscat, Najran, Sharm El Sheikh, Sohag,[69] Tabuk, Ta'if, Tashkent,[70] Tbilisi, Tirana, Trabzon
Seasonal: Abu Dhabi,[71] Antalya,[72] El Alamein,[73] Geneva (begins 24 June 2025),[74] Hurghada,[75] Istanbul,[76] Kraków (begins 27 June 2025),[74] Milan–Malpensa (begins 26 June 2025),[77] Mykonos,[citation needed] Prague,[78] Rize–Artvin (begins 23 June 2025),[74] Salalah,[75] Salzburg,[citation needed] Santorini,[citation needed] Sarajevo,[citation needed] Tivat,[citation needed] Vienna,[citation needed] Yerevan[citation needed]
Gulf Air |  Bahrain
Himalaya Airlines |  Kathmandu
IndiGo |  Delhi, Hyderabad,[79] Kochi, Mumbai[80][81]
Iraqi Airways |  Seasonal: Baghdad[citation needed]
ITA Airways |  Rome–Fiumicino[82]
Jazeera Airways |  Kuwait City
Kam Air |  Kabul[83]
KLM |  Amsterdam[84][85]
Kuwait Airways |  Kuwait City
LOT Polish Airlines |  Warsaw–Chopin[86]
Lufthansa |  Frankfurt[87]
Middle East Airlines |  Beirut
Nepal Airlines |  Kathmandu
Nesma Airlines |  Cairo
Seasonal: Sohag[88]
Nile Air |  Cairo
Oman Air |  Muscat
Pakistan International Airlines |  Islamabad, Lahore, Multan, Peshawar, Sialkot[89]
Pegasus Airlines |  Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Seasonal: Trabzon[90]
Philippine Airlines |  Manila
Qatar Airways |  Doha[91]
Royal Air Maroc |  Casablanca
Royal Jordanian |  Amman–Queen Alia[92]
SalamAir |  Muscat[93]
Saudia |  Abha, Abu Dhabi, Addis Ababa, Al Baha, Alexandria, Al Jawf, Al Ula, Al Wajh, Amman–Queen Alia, Arar, Bahrain, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi,[94] Barcelona,[95] Beijing–Daxing,[96] Beirut, Bisha, Cairo, Casablanca, Dammam, Dawadmi, Delhi, Dhaka, Doha,[97] Dubai–International, Frankfurt, Gassim, Geneva, Guangzhou, Gurayat, Ha'il, Islamabad, Istanbul, Jeddah, Jizan, Karachi, Kochi, Kozhikode,[98] Kuwait City, Lahore, London–Heathrow, Lucknow, Madrid, Male, Manila, Mauritius, Medina, Mumbai, Munich, Muscat, Najran, Neom Bay,[99] New York–JFK, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Peshawar, Phuket,[100] Qaisumah, Rafha, Red Sea,[101] Rome–Fiumicino, Sharm El Sheikh, Sharurah, Tabuk, Ta'if, Turaif, Wadi al-Dawasir, Washington–Dulles, Yanbu, Zürich[102]
Seasonal: Amsterdam,[citation needed] Antalya (begins 16 June 2025),[103] Athens,[citation needed] Barcelona,[104] Batumi,[citation needed] El Alamein (begins 19 June 2025),[103] Izmir, Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta (resumes 15 July 2025),[103] Larnaca (resumes 17 June 2025),[103] Makassar,[citation needed] Málaga,[citation needed] Milan–Malpensa,[citation needed] Mykonos,[105] Nice,[106] Salalah,[citation needed] Surabaya,[citation needed] Venice (begins 15 June 2025),[103] Vienna[107]
Serene Air |  Peshawar[108]
SriLankan Airlines |  Colombo–Bandaranaike
Syrian Air |  Damascus
Tarco Aviation |  Port Sudan
Turkish Airlines |  Istanbul
US-Bangla Airlines |  Dhaka[109]
Virgin Atlantic |  London–Heathrow[110]
Yemenia |  Aden

### Cargo

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Airlines| Destinations

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Aerotranscargo[111][112] |  Dubai–Al Maktoum, Fujairah, Hahn, Hong Kong, Sharjah
Atlas Air[113] |  Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Delhi, Hahn, Hong Kong, Zaragoza
Cargolux[citation needed] |  Hanoi, Luxembourg
Cathay Cargo[114] |  Dubai–Al Maktoum, Hong Kong
Central Airlines[115] |  Shenzhen
China Southern Airlines[citation needed] |  Guangzhou
DHL International Aviation ME[citation needed] |  Bahrain
Ethiopian Cargo[citation needed] |  Addis Ababa, Kuwait City, Zaragoza
Lufthansa Cargo[116] |  Frankfurt, Sharjah, Taipei–Taoyuan
My Freighter |  Tashkent
Qatar Airways Cargo[117] |  Doha
Saudia Cargo[118] |  Addis Ababa, Amsterdam, Bangalore,[118] Brussels, Dammam, Frankfurt, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Houston–Intercontinental, Hyderabad, Jeddah, Lagos, Milan–Malpensa, Mumbai, Nairobi, New York–JFK, Shanghai–Pudong, Sharjah
Turkish Cargo[119] | Istanbul, Mumbai

## Traffic statistics

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A Saudia Boeing 747-400 at the gate A Saudia Airbus A320 at the gate An Etihad Airways Airbus A340 at the gate

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Statistics for King Khalid International Airport  Year | Total passengers | Total aircraft movements

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1998  | 8,055,000 | 70,909
1999  | 8,234,000 | 73,336
2000  | 8,411,000 | 74,945
2001  | 8,737,000 | 75,535
2002  | 9,045,000 | 75,623
2003  | 9,168,000 | 74,600
2004  | 9,911,000 | 77,327
2005  | 10,573,000 | 84,555
2006  | 11,017,000 | 94,250
2007  | 11,783,000 | 112,210
2008  | 11,540,000 | 114,429
2009  | 12,674,000 | 127,666
2010  | 13,616,000 | 129,613
2011  | 14,898,000 | 135,757
2012  | 17,069,000 | 153,533
2013  | 18,585,000 | 161,314
2023  | 37,000,000[120] | 239,000[121]

## Ground transportation

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### Metro

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The airport is served by Line 4 of the Riyadh Metro, with the line opening on 1 December 2024.[122] The metro system helps passengers reach the city center quickly and comfortably, and the stations serving the airport include Airport T1–2, Airport T3–4 and Airport T5.

## Future

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Main article: King Salman International Airport

The airport will undergo a mass expansion by 2030, by increasing its area to 57 km2. (22 sq.mi.), consisting of three to four large passenger terminals, from two runways to six runways among other facilities and amenities. It will be able to handle 120 million passengers per year after 2030, and 185 million passengers per year by 2050. This expansion will include the airport among the world's largest airports.[15][123]

## Accidents and incidents

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* On 27 July 2010 at 11:38 local time, Lufthansa Cargo Flight 8460, an MD-11 registered D-ALCQ, crashed upon landing at the airport and was damaged beyond repair in the ensuing fire. The pilot in command and the first officer – the only two persons on board – were injured.[124][125][126]

## See also

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* List of airports in Saudi Arabia
* List of things named after Saudi kings
* Saudia
* King Abdulaziz International Airport
* List of the busiest airports in the Middle East

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