King Fahd International Airport
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King Fahd International Airport

Airport information
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Airport typePublic
OperatorGeneral Authority of Civil Aviation
ServesDammam
HubSaudi Arabian Airlines
Elevation22 m (72 ft)

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Dammam King Fahd International Airport ( ) is located 15 kilometers (about 10 miles) northwest of Dammam (Saudi Arabia). It is the largest airport in the world in terms of land area (780 km2), thus making it larger than the nearby country of Bahrain. The airport's basic infrastructure was complete by the end of 1990, which allowed the Allied forces engaged in the first Gulf War in early 1991 to use the field for the storage of military aircraft. The General Authority of Civil Aviation of Saudi Arabia finally opened the new Dammam King Fahd International Airport on November 28, 1999 to commercial traffic, and all airlines transferred their operations from Dhahran airport, which had been in use until then. The new Dammam airport serves the entire Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia and in particular the growing urban complex made up of Dammam, Dhahran, Al Khobar, Qatif, Ras Tanura, while its catchment area also covers Jubail with total population of about 2 million served. The airport is the third major hub for Saudi Arabian Airlines, and furthermore was a hub for short-lived Sama Airlines.

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Bahrain geared to contain flu virus - Gulf Daily News Tweet this news
Gulf Daily News---...- with other government officials concerned, including with authorities at the Bahrain -International Airport-, the ports and the -King Fahad- Causeway. ... - Date : Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:54:31 GMT+00:00
KFIA to unveil new shopping and dining concepts - DFNIonline.com Tweet this news
DFNIonline.com---King Fahd International airport- (KFIA) in Saudi Arabia is to unveil new shopping and dining concepts later this year and in 2011 to accommodate increasing ... - Date : Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:57:51 GMT+00:00
Comatose patient finally taken home by Air India - Saudi Gazette Tweet this news
Saudi Gazette--Shaffe, from Thanoor in Malappuram district of Kerala, India, spent almost two months in -King Fahd- Military Hospital, after being involved in an accident in ... - Date : Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:31:46 GMT+00:00
Oman Air adds Dammam to its expanding network - Daily Mirror Tweet this news
Daily Mirror--Dammam, and the rest of the Eastern Province, is served by the -King Fahd International Airport- (KFIA), the largest airport in the world in terms of land ... - Date : Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:31:05 GMT+00:00
Saudia plane returned to Damman after malfunction - Arabian Supply Chain Tweet this news
Arabian Supply Chain--Saudi Arabian Airlines was forced to return a Cochin-bound flight back to -King Fahd International Airport- in Dammam on Monday ... - Date : Tue, 08 Jun 2010 08:28:13 GMT+00:00
Saudia flight to India makes u-turn after technical fault - ArabianBusiness.com Tweet this news
ArabianBusiness.com--The flight from -King Fahd International Airport- was carrying a large number of passengers, Arab News reports on Wednesday. The pilot was forced to make a ... - Date : Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:37:41 GMT+00:00
Hilton Worldwide Signs First Hilton Property in Al Khobar with Jenan Real ... - VAdvert Press Center (press release) Tweet this news
VAdvert Press Center (press release)--King Fahd Causeway, linking Saudi Arabia to the Kingdom of Bahrain, is a short 15 kilometre drive from the hotel, while -King Fahd International Airport-, ... - Date : Mon, 07 Jun 2010 06:44:02 GMT+00:00
Could international money transfers to Saudi increase? - HiFX - The Financial Latest Tweet this news
HiFX - The Financial Latest--The -King- Abdullah Economic City is thought to be the first project to make use of these changes in the law. -Fahd- Al-Rasheed, chief executive of Emaar ... - Date : Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:05:48 GMT+00:00

Airlines Destinations
Air ArabiaSharjah
Air IndiaChennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kozhikode, Mumbai, Thiruvananthapuram
bmi (airline)bmi
Biman Bangladesh AirlinesDhaka
Cham Wings AirlinesDamascus
EgyptAirAlexandria-El Nouzha, Cairo
Emirates (airline)Emirates
Etihad AirwaysAbu Dhabi
Felix AirwaysAden, Riyan-Mukalla, Sanaa, Taiz
Garuda IndonesiaJakarta
Gulf AirBahrain, Kathmandu
Iran AirMashhad
Jet AirwaysThiruvananthapuram
KLMAmsterdam, Doha
Kuwait AirwaysKuwait
LufthansaFrankfurt [resumes 26 October]
Lufthansa operated by PrivatAirFrankfurt [ends 23 October]
Mahan AirMashhad, Tehran-Imam Khomeini
Malaysia AirlinesDubai, Kuala Lumpur
Middle East AirlinesBeirut
Nas Air (Saudi Arabia)Nas Air
Oman AirMuscat
Pakistan International AirlinesIslamabad, Karachi, Lahore
Qatar AirwaysDoha
Royal JordanianAmman-Queen Alia
Saudi Arabian AirlinesAbha, Al-Baha, Amman, Bangalore, Cairo, Chennai, Cochin, Delhi, Dhaka, Gassim, Islamabad, Jakarta, Jeddah, Jizan, Karachi, London-Heathrow, Lucknow, Madinah, Manila, Mashhad, Mumbai, Nejran, Riyadh, Tabuk, Taif
SriLankan AirlinesColombo
Syrian AirAleppo, Damascus

Airlines Destinations
Air France CargoDubai, Hong Kong, Paris-Charles de Gaulle
British Airways World CargoLondon-Stansted
CargoluxHong Kong, Ho Chi Minh City, Luxembourg
Saudi Arabian AirlinesBangkok, Brussels, Hong Kong

Airport Runways
DirectionLength ft(m)Surface
16R/34L13,124 (4,000)Asphalt
16L/34R13,124 (4,000)Asphalt

Nursery and landscaping : Services and amenities
 Statistics for King Fahd International Airport (excluding general aviation)
1998 42% 60,075 24,158
1999 2,708,000 41% 56,968 24,216 0.24%
2000 2,533,000 42% 56,494 23,886 -1.38%
2001 2,542,000 41% 55,088 23,312 -2.46%
2002 2,578,000 39% 53,029 23,281 -0.13%
2003 2,613,000 40% 48,634 23,308 0.12%
2004 2,782,000 41% 48,065 23,778 2.02%
2005 3,013,000 40% 49,633 24,457 2.86%
2006 3,341,000 43% 59,610 29,162 19.24%
2007 3,841,000 41% 66,621 39,265 34.64%
2008 3,885,000 47% 95,862 40,776 3.85%
2009 4,149,000 48% 82,944 41,079 0.74%

Nursery and landscaping : Services and amenities
 Busiest International Routes in and out of King Fahd International Airport (2008)
Rank Airport Passengers handled % Change
1 Cairo International Airport 234,000 (+)29%
2 Abu Dhabi International Airport 195,000 (+)29%
3 Dubai International Airport 175,000 (+)4%
4 Bahrain International Airport 135,000 (+)43%
5 Sharjah International Airport 101,000 (+)1%
6 Doha International Airport 93,000 (+)7%
7 Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport 70,000 (-)42%
8 Jinnah International Airport 66,000 (-)3%
9 Bandaranaike International Airport 63,000 (+)3%
10 Shahjalal International Airport 62,000 (+)6%

Nursery and landscaping : Services and amenities
 Countries with maximum passengers to/from King Fahd International Airport (2008)
Rank Country Passengers handled % Change
1 United Arab Emirates 471,414 (+)12%
2 Egypt 269,865 (+)39%
3 India 218,135 (-)8%
4 Bahrain 135,137 (+)43%
5 Pakistan 129,391 (+)6%
6 Qatar 92,720 (+)7%
7 Sri Lanka 63,442 (+)3%
8 Bangladesh 61,736 (+)6%
9 Iran 57,264 (-)5%
10 Netherlands 48,838 (+)11%



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