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King Abdulaziz International Airport

مطار الملك عبدالعزيز الدولي
Hajj Terminal
  • IATA: JED
  • ICAO: OEJN
    JED is located in Saudi Arabia
    JED
    JED
    Location of airport in Saudi Arabia
Summary
Airport typeMilitary/Public
OperatorGeneral Authority of Civil Aviation
ServesJeddah
Hub forSaudi Arabian Airlines
Elevation AMSL48 ft / 15 m
Coordinates21°40′46″N 039°09′24″E / 21.67944°N 39.15667°E / 21.67944; 39.15667
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16L/34R 13,124 4,000 Asphalt
16C/34C 10,825 3,299 Concrete
16R/34L 12,467 3,800 Asphalt

King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) (Template:Lang-ar) (IATA: JED , ICAO: OEJN) is an aviation facility located 19 km to the north of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Named after King Abdulaziz Al Saud, the airport is Saudi Arabia's third largest air facility. The airport occupies an area of 15 square kilometers.[1] This includes besides the airport proper along with a royal terminal, facilities of the Royal Saudi Air Force and housing facilities for the airport staff.

Construction work of KAIA airport began in 1974, and was finalized in 1980. Finally, on May 31, 1981, the airport opened for service after having been officially inaugurated in April 1981.[1]

Because of Jeddah's closeness to Islam's holy city of Mecca/Makkah, the airport stands for one feature in particular: the Hajj Terminal specially built to handle foreign pilgrims destined for Makkah to take part in the rituals associated with the annual Hajj. Many airlines from Muslim and non-Muslim countries have used the Hajj Terminal, providing the capacity needed to carry pilgrims to Saudi Arabia. It was designed by Fazlur Rahman Khan of the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP (SOM)

The North Terminal at Jeddah airport is used by all foreign airlines. The South Terminal was reserved for the exclusive use of Saudi Arabian Airlines until 2007 when also the privately owned Saudi carriers Nas Air and Sama Airlines were given permission to use this terminal. Jeddah-KAIA airport serves as a major hub for Saudi Arabian Airlines.

The Jeddah airport Hajj Terminal is estimated to be, at five million square feet (465,000 m²), among the world's largest air terminals after Beijing Capital International Airport, Dubai International Airport and Hong Kong International Airport. It covers over 100 acres (405,000 m²) and is known for its tent-shaped roof. Terminal 3's roof is not actually a tent, but a white colored fiberglass. The Hajj Terminal offers pilgrims many facilities, including a mosque, and can accommodate 80,000 travelers at the same time.

New King Abdulaziz International Airport Project

The new development will take place in three stages starting in September 2006, the first of which could be completed in five years. Four new terminal buildings, a high-speed rail link and a capacity for up to 80 million passengers a year are among the targets proposed for a new airport. The project is designed to increase the airport’s capacity initially from 13 million passengers by 30 million passengers each year. The expansion includes airfield hard standing and paved areas, lighting, fuel network systems and storm water drainage network. There will also be a newly constructed support services building, renovation of the existing South and North Terminals and upgrades to the existing runway and airfield systems to accommodate the Airbus A380. The three stages, according to GACA – the General Authority of Civil Aviation of Saudi Arabia, will be marked by staged capacity increase to 30mn / 60mn and 80mn passengers per year. Based on current traffic increases, the existing South Terminal will need to serve about 21 million passengers per year over the next 20 years to meet growing demand. The project has reached the final stages of planning and design, and King Abdullah, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques has approved a budget of SR4 billion to build the futuristic new airport to international standards.

Abdullah Al-Rehaimy, president of the General Authority of Civil Aviation, has said that the project will be built by local companies.

The four new crescent-shaped passenger halls will be located to the south of the current international terminal which will be undergoing renovation at the same time. Talal Saaty, speaking at a presentation of the project to Jeddah Governor Prince Mishaal ibn Majed, said that work on the improvements could start as early as this coming September. Operational capacity for the airport, he said, would increase, and denied that upgrading work would hamper traffic throughput. Work on renewing and upgrading the facilities, he said, would be timed to avoid peak traffic flow. Access to the new terminals is still in the planning and purchasing stage. An extension of Prince Majed Street will make access direct and easy; the municipality is currently investigating the location of land needed for the proposed extension and is addressing the problem of the compulsory purchase of property and compensation.

Southward, Prince Majed Street will connect to the Al-Laith Highway, forming a fast north-south transit route. As well as much improved road access, plans have been made for a high-speed rail link serving the airport. Starting at Prince Majed Street, the link will run into the airport and hook up with terminals.

Airlines and destinations

South Terminal
AirlinesDestinationsTerminal
Afriqiyah AirwaysTripoli North
Air AlgérieAlgiers, Oran North
Air ArabiaSharjah North
Air FranceParis-Charles de Gaulle 1South
Air IndiaDelhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kozhikode, Mumbai North
AlMasria Universal AirlinesAlexandria-Borg el Arab North
AtlasjetIstanbul-Atatürk North
Bahrain AirBahrain North
Batavia AirJakarta-Soekarno-Hatta North
Biman Bangladesh AirlinesDhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet North
bmiLondon-Heathrow 6 North
British AirwaysLondon-Heathrow North
Cathay Pacific Hong Kong 2 North
China Southern AirlinesBeijing-Capital, Dubai 3 North
Daallo AirlinesHargeisa, Djibouti, Mogadishu North
EgyptAirAlexandria-El Nouzha, Cairo North
EgyptAir ExpressSeasonal: Sharm el-Sheikh North
EmiratesDubai North
Ethiopian AirlinesAddis Ababa North
Etihad AirwaysAbu Dhabi North
Garuda IndonesiaJakarta-Soekarno-Hatta North
Gulf AirBahrain North
Iran AirTehran-Imam Khoemeini North
Jazeera AirwaysKuwait North
Jet AirwaysMumbai North
Jubba AirwaysMogadishu North
Kabo AirAbuja, Kano North
Kenya AirwaysNairobi North
Kuwait AirwaysKuwait North
Libyan AirlinesTripoli North
Lion AirJakarta-Soekarno-Hatta North
LufthansaFrankfurt 4 North
Mahan AirTehran-Imam Khomeini North
Malaysia AirlinesKuala Lumpur North
Middle East AirlinesBeirut North
Nas AirAbu Dhabi, Adana, Aleppo, Alexandria-Borg el Arab, Amman-Queen Alia, Antalya, Assiut, Beirut, Damascus, Dammam, Dubai, Hatay, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Khartoum, Kuwait, Latakia, Mumbai, Riyadh, Sharjah
Seasonal: Sharm el-Sheikh 		South
NasairAsmara North
Oman AirMuscat North
Pakistan International AirlinesIslamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Multan , Peshawar, Sialkot North
Pamir AirwaysKabul North
Qatar AirwaysDoha North
RAK AirwaysRas al KhaimahNorth
Royal Air MarocCasablanca North
Royal BruneiBandar Seri Begawan North
Royal JordanianAmman-Queen Alia North
Saudi Arabian AirlinesAbha, Abu Dhabi, Addis Ababa, Alahsa, Al Baha, Alexandria-El Nouzha, Algiers, Amman-Queen Alia, Arar, Bahrain, Bangalore, Beirut, Bisha, Cairo, Casablanca, Chennai, Colombo, Damascus, Dammam, Dawadmi, Delhi, Dhaka, Doha, Dubai, Frankfurt, Gassim, Geneva, Guangzhou (starts 29 March), Gurayat, Hafar Al-Batin, Hail, Hong Kong, Hyderabad, Islamabad, Istanbul-Atatürk, Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta, Jizan, Jouf, Calicut, Kano, Karachi, Kochi, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Lahore, London-Heathrow, Medina, Madrid, Milan-Malpensa, Mumbai, Muscat, Najran, Nairobi, New York-JFK, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Peshawar, Qaisumah, Rafha, Riyadh, Rome-Fiumicino, Sana'a, Sharjah, Sharurah, Singapore, Tabuk, Taif, Tehran-Imam Khoemeini, Tunis, Turaif, Wadi ad-Dawasir, Washington-Dulles, Wedjh, Yanbu
Seasonal: Salalah, Sharm el-Sheikh 		South
Singapore AirlinesSingapore 5 North
Sri Lankan AirlinesColombo North
Sudan AirwaysKhartoum North
Syrian AirAleppo, Damascus North
Turkish AirlinesIstanbul-Atatürk North
TunisairTunis North
Toumai Air TchadN'djamena North
YemeniaAden, Sana'a North

Notes
^1 Air France service CDG to JED continues onto Djibouti, however they do not have rights to transport passengers between Jeddah and Djibouti.
^2 Cathay Pacific service HKG to JED is routed via Dubai, however they do not have rights to transport passengers between Dubai and Jeddah.This service will get routed via Abu Dhabi from 2 June, 2011 with no traffic rights AUH-JED..
^3 China Southern service PEK to JED is routed via Dubai and they do have rights to transport passengers between Dubai and Jeddah.
^4 Lufthansa service FRA to JED continues onto Sana'a, however they do not have rights to transport passengers between Jeddah and Sana'a.
^5 Singapore Airlines service SIN to JED is routed via Abu Dhabi, however they do not have rights to transport passengers between Abu Dhabi and Jeddah.
^6 bmi service LHR to JED is routed via Riyadh, however they do not have rights to transport passengers between Riyadh and Jeddah.

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Air France CargoDammam, Hong Kong, Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Ethiopian AirlinesAddis Ababa [2]
Lufthansa CargoFrankfurt
Saudi Arabian Airlines CargoAddis Ababa, Amman, Amsterdam, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Barcelona, Brussels, Dammam, Dhaka, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Houston, Istanbul-Ataturk, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Khartoum, Lagos, Milan-Malpensa, Nairobi, New York, Riyadh, Sana'a, Shanghai-Pudong, Thiruvananthapuram [3]
Sudan AirwaysKhartoum

Statistics

Over 17 million passengers use Jeddah-KAIA airport every year.

Statistics for King Abdulaziz International Airport
Year Total Passengers Total Aircraft Movements Total Cargo (tonnes)
1998 9,716,000 85,613
1999 10,149,000 88,701
2000 10,465,000 88,531
2001 10,237,000 86,438
2002 10,849,000 86,453
2003 11,248,000 88,433
2004 12,257,000 93,685
2005 13,239,000 98,986
2006 13,265,000 107,740
2007 14,356,000 122,266
2008 17,644,000 138,599
2009 17,757,000 142,505
2010 17,891,364 146,365 231,730

Incidents and accidents

  • On 25 September 1959, a Saudi Arabian Airlines reg HZ-AAF Douglas DC-4/C-54A-5-DO crashed shortly after take-off from Jeddah. The cause of the accident was pilot error followed by a stall. All 67 passengers and 5 crew survived.[4]
  • On 11 July 1991, Nationair Flight 2120, a Douglas DC-8-61 suffered cabin pressure problems followed by a fire due to a failed landing gear. The pilots tried to return to the airport but failed to reach the airport as the plane crashed killing all 247 passengers and 14 crew.[5]
  • On 1 March 2004, PIA Flight 2002, an Airbus A300B4-200 burst 2 tires whilst taking off from King Abdulaziz International Airport. Fragments of the tire were ingested by the engines, this caused the engines to catch fire and an aborted takeoff was performed. Due to the fire substantial damage to the engine and the left wing caused the aircraft to be written off. All 261 passengers and 12 crew survived.[6]

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  1. ^ a b About KAIA on the GACA website
  2. ^ ET cargo schedule
  3. ^ SV cargo schedule winter 2010
  4. ^ "Saudi Arabian Airlines DC-5 accident". Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
  5. ^ "Nationair Flight 2120 accident". Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
  6. ^ "PIA Flight 2002 accident". Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
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