King Khalid International Airport 6.6

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Airport Road, King Khalid International Airport,
Medina,
Saudi Arabia

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King Khalid International Airport is located north of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, designed by the architectural firm HOK, and Arabian Bechtel Company Limited served as the Construction Manager on behalf of the Saudi government.This airport consists of 5 passenger terminals (only three of which are in use) with eight aero-bridges each, a mosque, covered and uncovered car parking for 11,600 vehicles, an additional Royal Terminal (for the Kingdoms Guests from Government Heads, and Saudi Royal family use), a central control tower (one of the world's tallest), and two parallel runways, which are each 4260m long. The land area allocated for this airport is among the largest (second largest after King Fahd International Airport) in the world.This airport was an alternative landing site for NASA's Space Shuttle.HistoryKing Khalid International Airport opened for operations in late 1983. Until then, what is now Riyadh Air Base served commercial flights to and from Riyadh. Increased international and local air transport requirements for Riyadh made the change necessary. Riyadh Air Base, which is much closer to the city center, is operated by the Royal Saudi Air Force.