- IATA
- JED
- the code on your bag tag
- ICAO
- OEJN
- used by air traffic control
- Opened
- 1981
- per Wikidata
- Passengers
- 14.1M
- in 2021
History & name
King Abdulaziz International Airport opened in 1981 and honours Ibn Saud, King of Saudi Arabia from 1932 to 1953. It lies 21 km from Jeddah, handled 14.1 million passengers in 2021 and has 3 runways, the longest 4,000 m.
Named afterIbn Saud — King of Saudi Arabia from 1932 to 1953
Read more: Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata ↗
At a glance
- Full name
- King Abdulaziz International Airport
- Serves
- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- City centre
- 21 km from Jeddah
- Opened
- 1981
- Passengers
- 14.1 million in 2021
- Runways
- 3 runways, longest 4,000 m
- Elevation
- 48 ft (15 m)
- Website
- kaia.sa ↗
Where it sits
21.7°N, 39.2°E puts JED in the northern hemisphere, 2,411 km from the equator and 7,597 km from the North pole.
Of the 661 airports on this site it is the 380th most northerly, which makes it the 282nd most southerly.
Straight through the middle
Straight down through the centre of the Earth comes out at 21.7°S, 140.8°W. The nearest airport on this site to that point is Fa'a'ā (PPT) in French Polynesia, still 1,026 km away — most of the planet's antipodes are ocean.
What’s near it
The closest other airport on this site is Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz (MED), 324 km away in a straight line. Nothing else on this site is within 100 km.
Distances from JED
Great circle distance and an estimated time in the air.
| To | Distance | Estimated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | LHR | 4,748 km | 6h 24m |
Where these facts come from
The profile is looked up, not written from memory: type, runways, elevation and the official website from OurAirports (public domain); opening year, namesake, operator and passenger count from Wikidata (CC0); the city centre from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Where a source has nothing, the line is left out. Distances, neighbours and the antipode are computed from the coordinates.
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