Riyadh
Riyadh, SA.
- Code
- RUH
- Position
- 24.958, 46.699
- Runway
- 3,300 m paved from 1945, 4,205 m paved from 1984
- Capacity
- About 2,097 movements a week, 24 stands, terminal generation 2
- Weather
- Worst month loses about 0.7% of flights
- Confidence
- estimated (to be verified). Coordinates agree with published sources to within about 2.5 km. Other figures are estimates unless the evidence below says otherwise.
Source: King Khalid International Airport opened on 16 November 1983 with twin 4,205 m runways (article, exact). The old Riyadh airport was not read: one airport stands for both, at the position of the new one, renamed and lengthened by an event. The earlier 3,300 m runway and the throughput are estimates.