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Jeddah King Abdulaziz JED Airport Overview

King Abdulaziz International Airport JED (or simply 'KAIA Airport') occupies an area of 105 square kilometers, and is Saudi Arabia's largest airport. It also serves as gateway for pilgrims to Islam's holiest cities Mecca & Medina.

The Airport is located 19 km, or a 20-minute drive, north of the City of Jeddah, in western Saudi Arabia and close to the Red Sea, accessible from Jeddah via two motorways - Holy Madinah and Holy City of Makkah.

With three extra-long runways and an etimated 17.9 million passengers a year, King Abdulaziz International Airport is hub to Saudi Arabian Airlines and is served by a great number of international airlines offering direct and connecting flights to all parts of the globe.

The present passenger terminal complex at King Abdulaziz International Airport consists of  three passenger terminals - North, South and Hajj Terminals. The new call center is 9200 11233.  (For more information, please refer to 'Terminal Map' page.)

To get from King Abdulaziz Airport to your destination, you can rent a car, take a taxi or a limousine. Taxi stands are outside of the passenger terminals and their fares are fixed with fees posted inside the cars. Limousines can take you to Jeddah or to Mecca or Medina.

Present & future Airiport Deveopments:  The Airport is presently undergoing major transformation.  The first phase of its construction work on the new  terminal - whose roof is to span nearly half a kilometer in lenth - is to be completed by late 2014/ early 2015, enabling it to handle 30 million passengers a year; the next phase is to end by 2020. The entire project will include the passenger terminal complex, control tower, hotel & new railway station.
The terminal complex, 670,000 sqare meters in area, will have 46 contact gates, 94 boarding bridges (including double-deck A380 access), an automated people mover , a transportation center with integraed rail station, state-of-the-art baggage handling system, a traffic control tower 136 meters high; and all the necessary support facilities.






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Jeddah King Abdulaziz JED Airport Update History

  • Updated JED Airport Intro page - Apr 29, 2013
  • Updated JED Airports page - Apr 29, 2013
  • Updated JED Main Terminals page - Apr 29, 2013
  • Updated JED Direct Flights page - Jan 27, 2013