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 miMost destinationsSaudia 66Flynas 32flyadeal 21Riyadh Air 15Atlas Air 5Air India Express 4
Straight 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.
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
5 channelsAPPRIYADH APP120.000
ATISATIS127.150
Ctrl126.000
GNDGND121.600
TWRTWR118.600