RUH
King Khalid International Airport
King Khalid International Airport (IATA: RUH, ICAO: OERK) is a large airport in Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia. It opened on 16 Nov 1983. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,205 m (13,796 ft). In 2021 it handled 18.9 million passengers.
Timeline
2 events · 1983–201016 NOV 1983
OpenedKing Khalid International Airport opens.
27 JUL 2010
DisasterLufthansa Cargo Flight 8460.No deaths
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap15R/33L150° / 330° · LIT
LENGTH4,205 m13,796 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
15L/33R150° / 330° · LIT
LENGTH4,205 m13,796 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2010–202113.6M
14.9M
17.1M
18.6M
20.4M
22.7M
23.8M
26.4M
28.1M
29.1M
11.4M
18.9M
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Routes
123 destinations · 46 countriesYear-round103
DWDDawadmi Domestic AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia266 km165 miELQPrince Naif bin Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia329 km204 miDMMKing Fahd International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia353 km219 miAQIQaisumah–Hafar Al-Batin International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia380 km236 miBAHBahrain International AirportBahrain · Gulf Air, Saudia421 km262 miKWIKuwait International AirportKuwait · flyadeal, Kuwait Airways491 km305 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Flynas, Qatar Airways, Saudia495 km308 miWAEWadi Al Dawasir Domestic AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia518 km322 miHASHail International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia571 km355 miRAHRafha Domestic AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia608 km378 miBHHBisha AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia694 km431 miMEDPrince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz AirportSaudi Arabia · flyadeal708 km440 miABTKing Saud Bin Abdulaziz (Al Baha) AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia734 km456 miTIFTaif International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia738 km459 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Etihad Airways, Saudia805 km500 miSHWSharurah Domestic AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia834 km518 miAJFAl-Jawf International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia844 km524 miEAMNajran Domestic AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia850 km528 miJEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Riyadh Air, Saudia852 km529 miDWCAl Maktoum International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Flynas, flyadeal853 km530 miAHBAbha International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia856 km532 miRAEArar Domestic AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas, flyadeal, Saudia858 km533 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai, Riyadh Air, Emirates +1874 km543 miULHAl-Ula International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia876 km544 miYNBPrince Abdulmohsen Bin Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia878 km546 miSHJSharjah International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Air Arabia888 km552 miRSIRed Sea International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia969 km602 miGIZJizan Regional Airport / King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia992 km616 miTUUPrince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · flyadeal, Saudia1,070 km665 miTUITuraif Domestic AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia1,080 km671 miPZUPort Sudan New International AirportSudan · Sudan Airways1,151 km715 miURYGurayat Domestic AirportSaudi Arabia · flyadeal, Saudia1,169 km726 miNUMNeom Bay AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia1,182 km734 miMCTMuscat International AirportOman · SalamAir, Oman Air1,184 km736 miAQJKing Hussein International AirportJordan · Royal Jordanian1,264 km785 miSSHSharm El Sheikh International AirportEgypt · Saudia1,269 km789 miAMMQueen Alia International AirportJordan · Saudia, Royal Jordanian1,289 km801 miDAMDamascus International AirportSyria · Flynas, flyadeal1,363 km847 miBEYBeirut Rafic Hariri International AirportLebanon · Flynas1,465 km910 miHMBSuhaj International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo, Flynas1,506 km936 miALPAleppo International AirportSyria · Flynas1,541 km958 miATZAsyut International AirportEgypt · Flynas1,584 km984 miHTYHatay AirportTürkiye · Flynas1,610 km1,000 miCAICairo International AirportEgypt · Riyadh Air, flyadeal, EgyptAir +21,612 km1,002 miSPXSphinx International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo, Flynas1,658 km1,030 miGYDHeydar Aliyev International AirportAzerbaijan · Azerbaijan Airlines1,753 km1,089 miHBEAlexandria International AirportEgypt · EgyptAir, Air Arabia, Saudia1,795 km1,115 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Flynas, Ethiopian Airlines1,964 km1,220 miKHIJinnah International AirportPakistan · flyadeal2,061 km1,281 miAERSochi International AirportRussia · Azimuth2,146 km1,333 miBJVMilas Bodrum International AirportTürkiye · Flynas2,262 km1,406 miSAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet2,394 km1,488 miKBLKabul International AirportAfghanistan · Kam Air2,414 km1,500 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines, Saudia2,458 km1,527 miATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Saudia2,585 km1,606 miPEWBacha Khan International AirportPakistan · flyadeal, Serene Air2,595 km1,612 miISBIslamabad International AirportPakistan · Fly Jinnah, Riyadh Air, flyadeal +12,699 km1,677 miTASTashkent International AirportUzbekistan · Flynas2,761 km1,716 miBOMChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Akasa Air, Riyadh Air +12,770 km1,721 miLHEAllama Iqbal International AirportPakistan · Riyadh Air, flyadeal, AirSial2,802 km1,741 miSKTSialkot International AirportPakistan · flyadeal2,816 km1,750 miDELIndira Gandhi International AirportIndia · Flynas, Saudia3,036 km1,886 miEBBEntebbe International AirportUganda · Flynas3,166 km1,967 miHYDRajiv Gandhi International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Flynas, flyadeal3,393 km2,108 miLKOChaudhary Charan Singh International AirportIndia · Flynas, Air India Express3,417 km2,123 miCCJCalicut International AirportIndia · Akasa Air, Flynas, Air India Express +13,442 km2,139 miVKOVnukovo International AirportRussia · Flynas3,492 km2,170 miBLRKempegowda International Airport BengaluruIndia · IndiGo, Air India Express3,500 km2,175 miSVOSheremetyevo International AirportRussia · Saudia3,531 km2,194 miCOKCochin International AirportIndia · Akasa Air, Flynas, Saudia3,540 km2,200 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · ITA Airways, Saudia3,671 km2,281 miMLEVelana International AirportMaldives · BeOnd, Saudia3,681 km2,287 miTRVThiruvananthapuram International AirportIndia · Air India Express3,688 km2,292 miWAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines3,721 km2,312 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Saudia, Lufthansa3,999 km2,485 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Riyadh Air4,085 km2,538 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Saudia4,174 km2,594 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Saudia, Lufthansa4,293 km2,668 miGVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · Saudia4,298 km2,671 miDACHazrat Shahjalal International AirportBangladesh · Riyadh Air, US-Bangla Airlines4,408 km2,739 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM4,641 km2,884 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France, Saudia4,650 km2,889 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Riyadh Air4,935 km3,066 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · Riyadh Air, Saudia4,940 km3,070 miAGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Riyadh Air4,999 km3,106 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Riyadh Air5,123 km3,183 miCMNMohammed V International AirportMorocco · Saudia5,295 km3,290 miDMKDon Mueang International AirportThailand · Thai AirAsia X5,748 km3,572 miBKKSuvarnabhumi AirportThailand · Riyadh Air, Saudia5,772 km3,587 miHKTPhuket International AirportThailand · Saudia5,773 km3,587 miKULKuala Lumpur International AirportMalaysia · Riyadh Air6,377 km3,962 miPKXBeijing Daxing International AirportChina · Saudia6,591 km4,095 miPEKBeijing Capital International AirportChina · Air China6,597 km4,099 miSINSingapore Changi AirportSingapore · Singapore Airlines6,674 km4,147 miCANGuangzhou Baiyun International AirportChina · China Southern Airlines6,686 km4,154 miSZXShenzhen Bao'an International AirportChina · China Southern Airlines6,760 km4,200 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Cathay Pacific6,782 km4,214 miPVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines7,262 km4,512 miMNLNinoy Aquino International AirportPhilippines · Riyadh Air, Saudia, Cebu Pacific7,778 km4,833 miNRTNarita International AirportJapan · Saudia8,729 km5,424 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Saudia10,480 km6,512 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · Saudia10,842 km6,737 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines11,701 km7,271 miSeasonal26
AUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Flynas805 km500 miSLLSalalah International AirportOman · Flynas1,167 km725 miSSHSharm El Sheikh International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo1,269 km789 miHRGHurghada International AirportEgypt · Flynas1,311 km815 miLCALarnaca International AirportCyprus · flyadeal, Saudia1,672 km1,039 miRZVRize–Artvin AirportTürkiye · Flynas1,883 km1,170 miTZXTrabzon International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, flyadeal1,895 km1,177 miDBBEl Alamein International AirportEgypt · Flynas, Saudia1,907 km1,185 miAYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · Flynas, flyadeal, Saudia2,010 km1,249 miBJVMilas Bodrum International AirportTürkiye · flyadeal2,262 km1,406 miJMKMykonos Island National AirportGreece · Saudia2,450 km1,522 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Flynas2,458 km1,527 miNBOJomo Kenyatta International AirportKenya · Flynas3,106 km1,930 miSJJSarajevo International AirportBosnia & Herzegovina · flyadeal3,314 km2,059 miKRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Flynas3,626 km2,253 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Flynas3,671 km2,281 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · Saudia3,681 km2,287 miVCEVenice Marco Polo AirportItaly · Saudia3,820 km2,374 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Flynas, flyadeal3,943 km2,450 miBGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · flyadeal4,015 km2,495 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Saudia4,085 km2,538 miNCENice-Côte d'Azur AirportFrance · Saudia4,126 km2,564 miGVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · Flynas4,298 km2,671 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Saudia4,475 km2,781 miAGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Saudia4,999 km3,106 miCGKSoekarno-Hatta International AirportIndonesia · Saudia7,342 km4,562 miCargo11
DOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways495 km308 miDWCAl Maktoum International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Cathay Pacific853 km530 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines2,458 km1,527 miBOMChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International AirportIndia · Turkish Airlines2,770 km1,721 miDELIndira Gandhi International AirportIndia · Atlas Air3,036 km1,886 miHHNFrankfurt-Hahn AirportGermany · Atlas Air4,373 km2,717 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · FedEx Express4,650 km2,889 miZAZZaragoza AirportSpain · Atlas Air4,738 km2,944 miBKKSuvarnabhumi AirportThailand · Atlas Air5,772 km3,587 miSZXShenzhen Bao'an International AirportChina · Central Airlines6,760 km4,200 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Cathay Pacific, Atlas Air6,782 km4,214 miStraight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from RUH. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “King Khalid International Airport” (revision of 25 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Airlines
50 airlines · destinations from RUHPassenger42
F3flyadeal21IXAir India Express4G9Air Arabia3SMAir Cairo3QPAkasa Air36EIndiGo3PFAirSial2CXCathay Pacific2CZChina Southern Airlines2MSEgyptAir2LHLufthansa2PCPegasus Airlines2RJRoyal Jordanian2TKTurkish Airlines2CAAir China1AFAir France1TKAJet1J2Azerbaijan Airlines1A4Azimuth1—BeOnd15JCebu Pacific1MUChina Eastern Airlines1DLDelta Air Lines1EKEmirates1ETEthiopian Airlines1EYEtihad Airways19PFly Jinnah1FZflydubai1GFGulf Air1AZITA Airways1RQKam Air1KLKLM1KUKuwait Airways1LOLOT Polish Airlines1WYOman Air1QRQatar Airways1OVSalamAir1ERSerene Air1SQSingapore Airlines1SDSudan Airways1XJThai AirAsia X1BSUS-Bangla Airlines1Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from RUH. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,075 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
5 channelsAPPRIYADH APP120.000
ATISATIS127.150
Ctrl126.000
GNDGND121.600
TWRTWR118.600