King Khalid International Airport
King Khalid International Airport مطار الملك خالد الدولي Maṭār al-Malik Khālid al-Duwaliyy | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Riyadh Airports Company | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Riyadh | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 16 November 1983 | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 2,049 ft / 625 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 24°57′28″N 046°41′56″E / 24.95778°N 46.69889°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | kkia | ||||||||||||||
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Sources: AIP Saudi Arabia | |||||||||||||||
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. 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. 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.