JED
King Abdulaziz International Airport
King Abdulaziz International Airport (IATA: JED, ICAO: OEJN) is a large airport in Jeddah, Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia. It opened in 1981. It has 3 runways; the longest is 4,000 m (13,123 ft). In 2021 it handled 14.1 million passengers.
Timeline
2 events · 1981–19911981
OpenedKing Abdulaziz International Airport opens.
11 JUL 1991
DisasterNigeria Airways Flight 2120.261 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap16C/34C160° / 340° · LIT
LENGTH4,000 m13,123 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
16L/34R160° / 340° · LIT
LENGTH4,000 m13,123 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
16R/34L160° / 340° · LIT
LENGTH3,800 m12,467 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2010–202119.9M
22.9M
27.1M
26.6M
28.0M
30.1M
31.2M
34.3M
41.2M
37.5M
12.2M
14.1M
101112131415161718192021
Routes
145 destinations · 54 countriesYear-round121
YNBPrince Abdulmohsen Bin Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas296 km184 miABTKing Saud Bin Abdulaziz (Al Baha) AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia300 km186 miPZUPort Sudan New International AirportSudan · Sudan Airways320 km199 miBHHBisha AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia406 km252 miRSIRed Sea International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia487 km303 miAHBAbha International AirportSaudi Arabia · flyadeal, Saudia529 km329 miULHAl-Ula International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia544 km338 miDWDDawadmi Domestic AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia594 km369 miWAEWadi Al Dawasir Domestic AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia640 km398 miGIZJizan Regional Airport / King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia642 km399 miHASHail International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia689 km428 miELQPrince Naif bin Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · flyadeal, Saudia696 km432 miASMAsmara International AirportEritrea · Flynas711 km442 miEAMNajran Domestic AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia713 km443 miTUUPrince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · flyadeal, Saudia786 km488 miLXRLuxor International AirportEgypt · Air Arabia793 km493 miNUMNeom Bay AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia796 km495 miSSHSharm El Sheikh International AirportEgypt · Saudia849 km528 miRUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · Riyadh Air, Saudia852 km529 miAJFAl-Jawf International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia906 km563 miHMBSuhaj International AirportEgypt · Flynas, flyadeal914 km568 miSHWSharurah Domestic AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia957 km595 miRAHRafha Domestic AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia984 km611 miATZAsyut International AirportEgypt · Flynas, Air Arabia1,018 km633 miAQIQaisumah–Hafar Al-Batin International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia1,020 km634 miRAEArar Domestic AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia1,045 km649 miURYGurayat Domestic AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia1,098 km682 miHOFAl-Ahsa International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas1,127 km700 miAMMQueen Alia International AirportJordan · Saudia1,160 km721 miCCECapital International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo1,185 km736 miADJMarka International (Amman Civil) AirportJordan · Flynas1,187 km738 miJIBDjibouti-Ambouli AirportDjibouti · Flynas1,204 km748 miDMMKing Fahd International AirportSaudi Arabia · flyadeal, Saudia1,204 km748 miCAICairo International AirportEgypt · flyadeal, EgyptAir, Air Arabia +11,216 km756 miKWIKuwait International AirportKuwait · Kuwait Airways1,218 km757 miSPXSphinx International AirportEgypt · Flynas1,249 km776 miBAHBahrain International AirportBahrain · Gulf Air, Saudia1,272 km790 miDAMDamascus International AirportSyria · Flynas, flyadeal, Syrian Air1,330 km826 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Flynas, Qatar Airways, Saudia1,331 km827 miBGWBaghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air BaseIraq · Saudia1,381 km858 miHBEAlexandria International AirportEgypt · flyadeal, EgyptAir, Air Arabia +11,394 km866 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Flynas, Ethiopian Airlines1,413 km878 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Flynas, Etihad Airways, Saudia1,613 km1,002 miALPAleppo International AirportSyria · Flynas, Syrian Air1,623 km1,008 miDWCAl Maktoum International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Flynas1,672 km1,039 miEBLErbil International AirportIraq · Flynas1,684 km1,046 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai, Emirates, Saudia1,699 km1,056 miSHJSharjah International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Air Arabia1,715 km1,066 miCOVÇukurova International AirportTürkiye · Flynas1,737 km1,079 miRKTRas Al Khaimah International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Air Arabia1,763 km1,095 miOHSSuhar International AirportOman · SalamAir1,811 km1,125 miSCTSocotra AirportYemen · Yemenia1,860 km1,156 miESBEsenboğa International AirportTürkiye · Saudia2,132 km1,325 miATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Aegean Airlines2,322 km1,443 miGYDHeydar Aliyev International AirportAzerbaijan · Flynas2,328 km1,447 miSAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, Flynas2,329 km1,447 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines, Saudia2,388 km1,484 miMCXMakhachkala Uytash International AirportRussia · Azimuth2,479 km1,540 miEBBEntebbe International AirportUganda · Flynas2,514 km1,562 miMRVMineralnye Vody AirportRussia · Azimuth2,533 km1,574 miNBOJomo Kenyatta International AirportKenya · Saudia2,569 km1,596 miPRNPriština Adem Jashari International AirportKosovo · Flynas2,869 km1,783 miKHIJinnah International AirportPakistan · flyadeal2,877 km1,788 miBHKBukhara International AirportUzbekistan · Qanot Sharq3,128 km1,944 miMZRMazar-i-Sharif International AirportAfghanistan · Kam Air3,176 km1,973 miKBLKabul International AirportAfghanistan · Kam Air, Ariana Afghan Airlines3,260 km2,026 miKHTKhost International AirportAfghanistan · Kam Air3,271 km2,033 miSKDSamarkand International AirportUzbekistan · Air Samarkand3,307 km2,055 miMUXMultan International AirportPakistan · Saudia3,349 km2,081 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Wizz Air, Saudia3,362 km2,089 miBUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Wizz Air3,372 km2,095 miDYUDushanbe International AirportTajikistan · Somon Air3,390 km2,106 miKANMallam Aminu Kano International AirportNigeria · Saudia3,424 km2,128 miAMDSardar Vallabh Patel International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Akasa Air3,438 km2,136 miBOMChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International AirportIndia · Akasa Air, Flynas, Saudia3,519 km2,187 miTASTashkent International AirportUzbekistan · Flynas, Centrum Air, Qanot Sharq +13,561 km2,213 miFEGFergana International AirportUzbekistan · Qanot Sharq3,702 km2,300 miNMANamangan International AirportUzbekistan · Flynas3,717 km2,310 miVKOVnukovo International AirportRussia · Flynas3,774 km2,345 miOSSOsh International AirportKyrgyzstan · Flynas3,795 km2,358 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Saudia3,833 km2,382 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Wizz Air, Saudia3,833 km2,382 miDELIndira Gandhi International AirportIndia · Saudia, SpiceJet3,879 km2,410 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Saudia3,960 km2,461 miBSZManas International AirportKyrgyzstan · Flynas4,033 km2,506 miGVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · Saudia4,040 km2,510 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Flynas, Eurowings4,056 km2,520 miCCJCalicut International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Akasa Air, Saudia4,084 km2,538 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Saudia4,091 km2,542 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Saudia4,132 km2,568 miHYDRajiv Gandhi International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Saudia4,136 km2,570 miCOKCochin International AirportIndia · Akasa Air, Saudia4,171 km2,592 miMLEVelana International AirportMaldives · Saudia4,184 km2,600 miBLRKempegowda International Airport BengaluruIndia · IndiGo, Akasa Air, Saudia4,185 km2,600 miALAAlmaty International AirportKazakhstan · Flynas4,237 km2,633 miLKOChaudhary Charan Singh International AirportIndia · Saudia4,251 km2,641 miCGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Eurowings4,268 km2,652 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Flynas4,422 km2,748 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Saudia4,427 km2,751 miMAAChennai International AirportIndia · Saudia4,445 km2,762 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · Saudia4,496 km2,794 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Saudia4,517 km2,807 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Saudia4,714 km2,929 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · Saudia4,748 km2,950 miCMNMohammed V International AirportMorocco · Saudia4,748 km2,950 miBHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · Saudia4,878 km3,031 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Saudia4,957 km3,080 miMRUSir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International AirportMauritius · Saudia5,097 km3,167 miDACHazrat Shahjalal International AirportBangladesh · Flynas5,231 km3,250 miHKTPhuket International AirportThailand · Saudia6,496 km4,036 miBKKSuvarnabhumi AirportThailand · Saudia6,546 km4,067 miKNOKualanamu International AirportIndonesia · Saudia6,737 km4,186 miKULKuala Lumpur International AirportMalaysia · Malaysia Airlines7,066 km4,391 miSINSingapore Changi AirportSingapore · Scoot, Saudia7,360 km4,573 miPKXBeijing Daxing International AirportChina · Saudia7,433 km4,619 miCGKSoekarno-Hatta International AirportIndonesia · Saudia7,971 km4,953 miMNLNinoy Aquino International AirportPhilippines · Saudia8,595 km5,341 miDPSDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International AirportIndonesia · Saudia8,946 km5,559 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Saudia10,225 km6,354 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Saudia10,445 km6,490 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · Saudia10,592 km6,582 miSeasonal28
HRGHurghada International AirportEgypt · Saudia817 km508 miSSHSharm El Sheikh International AirportEgypt · EgyptAir849 km528 miDBBEl Alamein International AirportEgypt · Flynas, Saudia1,479 km919 miAANAl Ain International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Etihad Airways1,707 km1,061 miAYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · Saudia1,874 km1,164 miHERHeraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis AirportGreece · Saudia2,038 km1,266 miBJVMilas Bodrum International AirportTürkiye · Flynas2,054 km1,276 miTZXTrabzon International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines2,149 km1,335 miRZVRize–Artvin AirportTürkiye · Flynas2,174 km1,351 miBUSAlexander Kartveli Batumi International AirportGeorgia · Flynas2,228 km1,384 miATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Saudia2,322 km1,443 miHEAHerat - Khwaja Abdullah Ansari International AirportAfghanistan · Ariana Afghan Airlines2,650 km1,647 miMZRMazar-i-Sharif International AirportAfghanistan · Ariana Afghan Airlines3,176 km1,973 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · Saudia3,560 km2,212 miVCEVenice Marco Polo AirportItaly · Saudia3,597 km2,235 miSZGSalzburg AirportAustria · Flynas3,724 km2,314 miBGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · flyadeal3,773 km2,344 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · flyadeal3,837 km2,384 miSTRStuttgart AirportGermany · Eurowings4,002 km2,487 miCCJCalicut International AirportIndia · Flynas4,084 km2,538 miAGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Saudia4,509 km2,802 miBTJSultan Iskandar Muda International AirportIndonesia · Lion Air, Citilink6,303 km3,917 miPENPenang International AirportMalaysia · Malaysia Airlines6,811 km4,232 miCGKSoekarno-Hatta International AirportIndonesia · Lion Air7,971 km4,953 miYIAYogyakarta International AirportIndonesia · Lion Air8,395 km5,216 miDHXDhoho International AirportIndonesia · Citilink8,577 km5,330 miUPGSultan Hasanuddin International AirportIndonesia · flyadeal9,230 km5,735 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · Saudia13,390 km8,320 miSeasonal charter1
NALNalchik AirportRussia · Jazeera Airways2,463 km1,530 miMost destinationsSaudia 80Flynas 36flyadeal 13Air Arabia 6Akasa Air 5IndiGo 4
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from JED. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “King Abdulaziz International Airport” (revision of 17 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
10 channelsAPPJEDDAH APP124.000
ATISATIS126.200
CLDJEDDAH CLNC121.800
GNDJEDDAH Ground121.600
TWRJEDDAH TWR118.200
APPJEDDAH APP119.100
APPJEDDAH DIR APP123.800
GNDJEDDAH Ground121.900
TWRJEDDAH TWR124.300
GNDJEDDAH TWR121.700