King Khalid International Airport

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King Khalid International Airport مطار الملك خالد الدولي Matār al-Malik Khālid al-Duwaliyy
IATA: RUH ICAO: OERK
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Riyadh Airports Company
Serves	Riyadh
Location	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Opened	16 November 1983; 40 years ago (1983-11-16)
Hub for	Saudia Flynas flyadeal
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
Maps
RUH Location of airport in Saudi Arabia Show map of Saudi Arabia RUH RUH (Middle East) Show map of Middle East RUH RUH (West and Central Asia) Show map of West and Central Asia RUH RUH (Asia) Show map of Asia RUH RUH (Eurasia) Show map of Eurasia RUH RUH (Afro-Eurasia) Show map of Afro-Eurasia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 15R/33L 4,205 13,796 Asphalt 15L/33R 4,205 13,796 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers 26,000,000+[1] 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 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] designed by the architectural firm HOK, and Arabian Bechtel Company Limited served as the construction manager on behalf of the Saudi government.

This airport consists of five passenger terminals (only three of which are in use), with eight aero-bridges each, a mosque, covered and uncovered car parking for 11,600 vehicles, an additional Royal Terminal (for the kingdom's guests, government heads, and Saudi royal family use), a central control tower (one of the world's tallest), and two parallel runways, each 4,260 metres (13,980 ft) long. Formerly the largest airport in the world in terms of ground area, the land area allocated for KKIA is the second-largest in the world, after King Fahd International Airport.^[4] The airport is managed and operated by 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]