# King Fahd International Airport (DMM / OEDF)

**King Fahd International Airport** (IATA: DMM, ICAO: OEDF) is a large airport in Ad Dammam, Ash Sharqiyah Region, Saudi Arabia. It opened in 1999. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,000 m (13,124 ft). It is operated by General Authority of Civil Aviation. In 2021 it handled 6.0 million passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/oedf

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: DMM / OEDF
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: General Authority of Civil Aviation
- Serves: Ad Dammam, Ash Sharqiyah Region, Saudi Arabia
- Opened: 1999
- Elevation: 22 m / 72 ft
- Coordinates: 26.4691, 49.7982
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 4,000 m / 13,124 ft
- Passengers: 5,971,668 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Asia/Riyadh
- Website: https://gaca.gov.sa/web/ar-sa/airport/king-fahd-international-airport
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Fahd_International_Airport (38 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q911155
- Weather station: OEDF
- Ident: OEDF

## Timeline

- 1999: King Fahd International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16R/34L | 4,000 m / 13,124 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Asphalt | 165° / 345° | yes |
| 16L/34R | 4,000 m / 13,124 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Asphalt | 165° / 345° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 4,835,000 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 5,531,000 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 6,422,000 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 7,311,000 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 8,248,000 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 9,407,000 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 9,711,334 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 10,149,829 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 10,454,913 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 11,168,383 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 4,237,622 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 5,971,668 | Wikidata |

## Routes

38 destinations in 19 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (36)

- [BAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/obbi.md) Bahrain International Airport · Bahrain · 87 km / 54 mi · Gulf Air
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 225 km / 140 mi · Qatar Airways
- [RUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerk.md) King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 353 km / 219 mi · Saudia
- [KWI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/okkk.md) Kuwait International Airport · Kuwait · 355 km / 221 mi · Jazeera Airways
- [AUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omaa.md) Zayed International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 537 km / 334 mi · Etihad Airways
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 574 km / 357 mi · flydubai, Emirates
- [SHJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omsj.md) Sharjah International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 586 km / 364 mi · Air Arabia
- [MCT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ooms.md) Muscat International Airport · Oman · 912 km / 567 mi · SalamAir
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,204 km / 748 mi · Saudia
- [YNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oeyn.md) Prince Abdulmohsen Bin Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,207 km / 750 mi · flyadeal
- [RSI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rsi.md) Red Sea International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,273 km / 791 mi · Flynas
- [TUU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oetb.md) Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,317 km / 818 mi · flyadeal
- [MHD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oimm.md) Mashhad International Airport · Iran · 1,431 km / 889 mi · Iran Air
- [AMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ojai.md) Queen Alia International Airport · Jordan · 1,461 km / 908 mi · Royal Jordanian
- [DAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/osdi.md) Damascus International Airport · Syria · 1,493 km / 928 mi · Flynas
- [GYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ubbb.md) Heydar Aliyev International Airport · Azerbaijan · 1,557 km / 967 mi · Flynas, Azerbaijan Airlines
- [KHI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opkc.md) Jinnah International Airport · Pakistan · 1,747 km / 1,086 mi · flyadeal
- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 1,844 km / 1,146 mi · Nesma Airlines, EgyptAir, Air Arabia
- [ATZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heat.md) Asyut International Airport · Egypt · 1,865 km / 1,159 mi · Air Cairo
- [HBE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heba.md) Alexandria International Airport · Egypt · 2,019 km / 1,255 mi · EgyptAir, Air Arabia
- [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 2,264 km / 1,407 mi · Ethiopian Airlines
- [ISB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opis.md) Islamabad International Airport · Pakistan · 2,347 km / 1,458 mi · Fly Jinnah
- [LHE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opla.md) Allama Iqbal International Airport · Pakistan · 2,452 km / 1,524 mi · airblue
- [SAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfj.md) Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport · Türkiye · 2,472 km / 1,536 mi · Pegasus Airlines
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 2,499 km / 1,553 mi · Air India Express, Air India
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 2,696 km / 1,675 mi · Air India Express
- [LKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vilk.md) Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport · India · 3,083 km / 1,916 mi · IndiGo, Flynas
- [CNN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vokn.md) Kannur International Airport · India · 3,140 km / 1,951 mi · Air India Express
- [BLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vobl.md) Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru · India · 3,260 km / 2,026 mi · Air India Express
- [VGA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vobz.md) Vijayawada International Airport · India · 3,382 km / 2,101 mi · Jazeera Airways
- [TRZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/votr.md) Tiruchirappalli International Airport · India · 3,498 km / 2,174 mi · Air India Express
- [MAA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vomm.md) Chennai International Airport · India · 3,501 km / 2,175 mi · Air India Express
- [KTM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnkt.md) Tribhuvan International Airport · Nepal · 3,511 km / 2,182 mi · Himalaya Airlines
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 4,368 km / 2,714 mi · Lufthansa
- [PKX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbad.md) Beijing Daxing International Airport · China · 6,239 km / 3,877 mi · Saudia
- [MNL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rpll.md) Ninoy Aquino International Airport · Philippines · 7,451 km / 4,630 mi · Kuwait Airways

### Seasonal (2)

- [SLL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oosa.md) Salalah International Airport · Oman · 1,138 km / 707 mi · SalamAir
- [TZX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltcg.md) Trabzon International Airport · Türkiye · 1,859 km / 1,155 mi · Pegasus Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from DMM, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (1)

- SV [Saudia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/saudia) · 3

### Passenger (26)

- IX [Air India Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-india-express) · 6
- XY [Flynas](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flynas) · 4
- G9 [Air Arabia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-arabia) · 3
- F3 [flyadeal](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flyadeal) · 3
- MS [EgyptAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/egyptair) · 2
- J9 [Jazeera Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jazeera-airways) · 2
- PC [Pegasus Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pegasus-airlines) · 2
- OV [SalamAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/salamair) · 2
- SM [Air Cairo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-cairo) · 1
- AI [Air India](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-india) · 1
- PA [airblue](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airblue) · 1
- J2 [Azerbaijan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azerbaijan-airlines) · 1
- EK [Emirates](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/emirates) · 1
- ET [Ethiopian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ethiopian-airlines) · 1
- EY [Etihad Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/etihad-airways) · 1
- 9P [Fly Jinnah](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fly-jinnah) · 1
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1
- GF [Gulf Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/gulf-air) · 1
- H9 [Himalaya Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/himalaya-airlines) · 1
- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 1
- IR [Iran Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iran-air) · 1
- KU [Kuwait Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kuwait-airways) · 1
- LH [Lufthansa](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lufthansa) · 1
- NE [Nesma Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nesma-airlines) · 1
- QR [Qatar Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qatar-airways) · 1
- RJ [Royal Jordanian](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/royal-jordanian) · 1

Former hub of [Sama](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sama).

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 6.0M (2021) | #303 of 3,974 | #18 in Middle East | #4 in SA |
| Longest runway | 4,000 m / 13,124 ft | =102 of 29,858 | =26 in Middle East | =4 in SA |
| Elevation | 22 m / 72 ft | =38,075 of 43,403 | =373 in Middle East | #65 in SA |
| Age | Opened 1999 | =11,027 of 15,079 | =87 in Middle East | #20 in SA |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =13 in Middle East | =2 in SA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | DAMMAM ARR/DEP | 125.000 |
| APP | DAMMAM APP | 126.300 |
| GND | West | 121.750 |
| TWR | TWR | 124.350 |
| ATIS |  | 128.050 |
| GND | East | 121.650 |

## Nearby airports

- [OERT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oert.md) Ras Tanura Airport · 37 km / 23 mi
- [DHA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oedr.md) King Abdulaziz Air Base · 42 km / 26 mi
- [OEJB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejb.md) Jubail Airport · 74 km / 46 mi
- [BAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/obbi.md) Bahrain International Airport · 87 km / 54 mi
- [OBBS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/obbs.md) Sheik Isa Air Base · 100 km / 62 mi
- [HOF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oeah.md) Al-Ahsa International Airport · 135 km / 84 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “King Fahd International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=King_Fahd_International_Airport&oldid=1369425985), revision of 14 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/oedf/data