King Fahd International Airport مطار الملك فهد الدولي
IATA: DMM - ICAO: OEDF
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		General Authority Of Civil Aviation
Elevation AMSL		72 ft (22 m)
Coordinates		26°28′16″N, 049°47′52″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
16R/34L	13,124	4,000	Asphalt
16L/34R	13,124	4,000	Asphalt

King Fahd International Airport (Arabic: مطار الملك فهد الدولي) (IATA: DMM, ICAO: OEDF) is located near Qatif, Saudi Arabia. It is the largest airport in the world in terms of area, covering 780 km² (301 mi²), surpassing Montréal-Mirabel International Airport (including Montreal-Mirabel's reserved land). It is slightly larger than the neighboring country of Bahrain. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (806x860, 89 KB)King Fahd International Airport, orthorectified satellite image This image is a work of a U.S. military or Department of Defense employee, taken or made during the course of an employees official duties. ... An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO (IPA pronunciation: ) airport code or location indicator is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... ‹ The template below (Unit of length) is being considered for deletion. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... ‹ The template below (Unit of length) is being considered for deletion. ... Asphalt is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits. ... Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ... An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO (IPA pronunciation: ) airport code or location indicator is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... Qatif (Arabic: القطيف al-QaTiif) is a historic coastal city and oasis located on the western shore of the Arabian/Persian Gulf in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, some 13km north of the port city of Dammam and southwest of major oil port Ras Tanura. ... Montréal-Mirabel International Airport, (or Montréal International (Mirabel) Airport) (IATA: YMX, ICAO: CYMX) originally called Montreal International Airport and widely known simply as Mirabel, is a large airport located in Mirabel, Quebec, near Montreal and was opened 4 October 1975. ...

Completed in 1999, King Fahd International Airport is the third major hub in Saudi Arabia after King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah. King Khalid International Airport (IATA: RUH, ICAO: OERK) (Arabic: مطار الملك خالد الدولي) is located 35 kilometers north of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, designed by the architectural firm of Hellmuth, Obata, and Kassabaum. ... Riyadh (Arabic: ‎ ar-Riyāḍ) is the capital of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, located in Ar Riyad Province in the Najd region. ... King Abdulaziz International Airport (Arabic: مطار الملك عبدالعزيز الدولي) (IATA: JED, ICAO: OEJN) is an aviation facility located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. ... Nickname: Location of Jeddah Coordinates: , Country Saudi Arabia Province Makkah (Mecca) Established 500+ BC Government  - Mayor Adil Faqeeh  - City Governor Mishal Al-Saud  - Province Governor Khalid Al-Faisal Area  - City 1,320 km²  (509. ...

The airport mainly serves Dammam, Dhahran, Khobar, Qatif, Ras Tanura, and Jubail. Dammam Corniche Dammam (Also Damman or Ad Dammām) is the capital of the Ash Sharqiyah province in Saudi Arabia. ... This article is about Dhahran, the city. ... Khobar Corniche Khobar (also written al-Khobar or al-Khubar ; Arabic: الخبر) is a large city located in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the Arabian/Persian Gulf. ... Qatif (Arabic: القطيف al-QaTiif) is a historic coastal city and oasis located on the western shore of the Arabian/Persian Gulf in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, some 13km north of the port city of Dammam and southwest of major oil port Ras Tanura. ... Map of Ras Tanura Region Ras Tanura (more accurately Ras TannÅ«rah, Arabic: رأس تنورة meaning top/head of the barbeque spit) is a city in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia located on a peninsula extending into the Persian Gulf. ... Location of Jubail, Saudi Arabia. ...

Troubled history

The airport was completed later than scheduled and at a cost that was significantly over what was budgeted. There were initial operational problems when it opened and it was temporarily shut down. Bad transport links (roads) led many locals to fly via the airport in neighboring Bahrain; the roads have since been improved. Passenger numbers have increased somewhat, but it remains a largely idle (excess capacity) airport. King Fahd International Airport once only opened one time during a year for travel to Mecca, but is now fully operational throughout the year. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

Location

The airport, in the Eastern Province of the country, is located in the middle of Qatif Fields and Dammam, But it is located close by Qatif. It is linked to population areas by two major roads. One of the roads, Abu Hadriyah (Arabic:ابوحدريّة) Highway, serves as the airport's eastern border. Eastern Province (Arabic: ) is the largest province of Saudi Arabia, located in the east of the country on the Persian Gulf coast, and has land borders with Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Yemen. ... Qatif (Arabic: القطيف al-QaTiif) is a historic coastal city and oasis located on the western shore of the Arabian/Persian Gulf in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, some 13km north of the port city of Dammam and southwest of major oil port Ras Tanura. ... Dammam Corniche Dammam (Also Damman or Ad Dammām) is the capital of the Ash Sharqiyah province in Saudi Arabia. ... Qatif (Arabic: القطيف al-QaTiif) is a historic coastal city and oasis located on the western shore of the Arabian/Persian Gulf in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, some 13km north of the port city of Dammam and southwest of major oil port Ras Tanura. ... Arabic can mean: From or related to Arabia From or related to the Arabs The Arabic language; see also Arabic grammar The Arabic alphabet, used for expressing the languages of Arabic, Persian, Malay ( Jawi), Kurdish, Panjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Urdu, among others. ...

On the airport's southern border, Saudi Aramco occupies an area of 250 km² (97 mi²) which is used for oil drilling and transportation facilities. Saudi Aramco, the state-owned national oil company of Saudi Arabia, is the largest oil corporation in the world and the worlds largest in terms of proven crude oil reserves and production. ...

Car parking

The total area of the car park is 176,752 m² (1,902,543 ft²), distributed among three covered floors. The parking area accommodates 4,930 cars. Cars enter the car park through a roadway that leads to the second floor. There is direct access to the passenger terminal from the parking on the first floor which lies under the access road with exits leading to the main roads. Parking charges are 24 Saudi Riyals per day (January 2006).

All parking is characterized by clear roadways and pedestrian directional signs in addition to the lifts that link them directly to the mosque plaza and ablution facility.

Two open parking areas are available beside the rental car parking area to accommodate additional cars.

Passenger areas

Passenger terminal complex

The terminal has six stories of which three are allocated for passenger processing. The third level is for arrivals, the sixth level is for departures, and the fourth level is for boarding. There are two partial levels: the mezzanine service level and the mezzanine level (which is the uppermost level).

The passenger terminal’s total area is 327,000 m² (3,519,798 ft²). Approximately 247,500 m² (2,664,067 ft²) were built in the first phase, in addition to 11 fixed passenger boarding bridges serving 15 gates out of an original design capacity of 31 fixed boarding bridges. The terminal is equipped with several counters of which 66 were allocated to Saudia, 44 to foreign airlines and the rest for Customs and Immigration. Saudi Arabian Airlines (Arabic: الخطوط الجوية العربية السعودية) is the national airline of Saudi Arabia, based in Jeddah. ...

Royal Terminal

The Royal Terminal is allocated for the use of the Kingdom’s guests from Kings and Heads of States to senior government officials. The terminal was built on an area of 16,400 m² (176,528 ft²) and has four bridges linking the terminal and aircraft.

The Royal Terminal is luxuriously furnished, and is decorated by fine works of art by well-known Saudi and Arab artists. A landscaped area with beautiful trees and flowers surrounds it on the outside.

Shops and other services

King Fahd International Airport was the first among Saudi Arabia's international airports to adopt duty-free markets. In addition to the spaces allocated to duty-free markets, the airport has a separate area for shops specializing in the sale of gifts and all passenger related goods. This area includes restaurants, cafeterias, and banks, and is located on the arrivals level. The distinction is largely meaningless however as the Kingdom has no sales or import duties on any products. This article is about a tax measure. ... This article is about a tax measure. ...

The mosque

The airport mosque is built on the roof of the car park and in the middle of a landscaped area of 46,200 m² (497,292 ft²). It has an architectural design that combines modern style with the old Islamic style (arches, domes, and other Islamic decorations and carvings on the doors, mihrab, and mimbar). The mosque accommodates two thousand worshipers. A mosque is a place of worship for followers of the Islamic faith. ... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ... Mihrab (in Persian مهراب or محراب, in Arabic ألمحراب pl. ... A Minbar (Arabic: منبر, also spelt Mimbar) is a pulpit in the mosque where the Imam (leader of prayer) stands to deliver sermons (khutbah خطبه ). The minbar is usually shaped like a small tower with a pointed roof and stairs leading up to it. ... A mosque is a place of worship for followers of the Islamic faith. ...

Access to the mosque can be easily gained from the passenger terminal through two enclosed, air-conditioned bridges equipped with moving belts, in addition to a third open bridge. A mosque is a place of worship for followers of the Islamic faith. ...

Statistics

King Fahd International Airport consistently has over 2.5 million passengers per year.[1]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines have scheduled services to King Fahd International Airport:

• Air Arabia (Sharjah)
• Air India (Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kozhikode, Mumbai, Trivandrum)
• Biman Bangladesh Airlines (Dhaka)
• EgyptAir (Alexandria, Cairo)
• Emirates (Dubai)
• Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi)
• Garuda Indonesia (Jakarta)
• Gulf Air (Bahrain, Kathmandu, Muscat)
• KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam, Doha)
• Kuwait Airways (Kuwait)
• Lufthansa (Frankfurt, Kuwait)
• Middle East Airlines (Beirut)
• Pakistan International Airlines (Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore)
• Qatar Airways (Doha)
• Royal Jordanian (Amman, Muscat)
• Saudi Arabian Airlines (Abha, Al-Baha, Bisha, Cairo, Colombo, Chennai, Dhaka, Delhi, Dubai, Gassim, Hail, Islamabad, Jeddah, Jizan, Karachi, Kochi, Lahore, London-Heathrow, Madinah, Manila, Mumbai, Nejran, Qaisumah, Riyadh, Tabuk, Taif)
• SriLankan Airlines (Colombo)
• Syrian Arab Airlines (Damascus, Karachi)

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Cargo Airlines

• Cargolux
• Martinair Cargo

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Runways

The airport has two parallel runways with a length of 4,000 meters (13,124 feet) each, in addition to taxiways parallel to the runways. A distance of 2,146 meters (7,040 feet) separates the two runways to facilitate simultaneous takeoff and landing operations. Space has been set aside for the construction of a third parallel runway.

A road for ground support equipment (GSE) runs along the western side of the central terminal. It is designed to allow GSE to have access to aircraft and also to facilitate the movement of baggage vehicles from aircraft to baggage areas.

Operations Services

There are ten main Operations Services areas providing facilities for the operation of the airport. There is a main offices.

Cargo

The two-story air cargo building is constructed on an area of 39,500 m² (425,174 ft²) and has a capacity of 94,000 metric tons (103,617 tons) of incoming and outgoing cargo.

The terminal’s design allows for transforming the operation system to a fully automatic system equipped with multi-level racks and a container stacking system. When the air cargo facility becomes fully automatic, its capacity will be increased to 176,000 metric tons (194,007 tons) per year.

Control Tower

The control tower stands 85.5 meters (281 feet) high, equivalent to the height of a 30-story building. The height allows visibility of all parts of the airport operations area. Its total floor area is 7,960 m² (85,681 ft²), and it contains the following three main sections:

• Air traffic control level
• Mezzanine level one, which accommodates support equipment for traffic control and communication
• Mezzanine level two, allocated for a kitchen and toilets

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Saudi Aramco facilities

Saudi Aramco is responsible for supplying fuel and maintaining fuel installations. These fuel installations include six large tanks with a capacity of 40,000 barrels each, in addition to pumping equipment, filters, loading stations, and the distribution valve network. Saudi Aramco, the state-owned national oil company of Saudi Arabia, is the largest oil corporation in the world and the worlds largest in terms of proven crude oil reserves and production. ...

In addition, an advanced fleet of fuel tankers provides fueling services to all types of commercial aircraft. This facility is operated and maintained by a team of qualified Saudi personnel who were trained abroad on the most modern systems and technologies in this field.

Food preparation and Catering Building

This building is a 17,287 m² (186,075 ft²), single-story in-flight catering facility, capable of producing 8,000 aircraft meals a day plus 1,000 meals for staff and 300 for the Royal Pavilion kitchen.

Nursery and landscaping

King Fahd International Airport has its own nursery with a total area of 215,579 m² (2,320,473 ft²) which encompasses three green houses and 36,400 m² (391,806 ft²) of green fields. The nursery supplies the airport gardens and planted areas with trees and plants.

See also

• List of Saudi airports
• Transportation in Saudi Arabia

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External links

• World Aero Data airport information for OEDF