JED — King Abdulaziz International Airport

Large airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
IATA code
JED
ICAO code
OEJN
Size
large
OurAirports class
Passengers
37,540,861
2019 · Wikidata
Nonstop routes
29
With open traffic data
Time zone
UTC+3
Asia/Riyadh
Elevation
15 m
49 ft
Runways
3
Longest 4,000 m

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About JED

King Abdulaziz International Airport is a large airport serving Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It opened in 1981. 37,540,861 passengers used it in 2019. Open traffic data shows 29 nonstop routes from JED.

Wikidata (CC0). Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from JED

Route Distance Passengers / year
JED → IST2,383 km 1,184,492
JED → BOM3,524 km 805,547
JED → DEL3,885 km 539,383
JED → SAW2,324 km 473,203
JED → HYD4,142 km 344,255
JED → CCJ4,088 km 232,095
JED → MXP3,833 km 223,892
JED → BLR4,190 km 214,721
JED → CDG4,427 km 191,281
JED → COK4,174 km 168,662
JED → LKO4,258 km 153,330
JED → FCO3,362 km 147,869
JED → AMD3,444 km 145,970
JED → JFK10,243 km 111,290
JED → AMS4,496 km 101,763
JED → ESB2,127 km 91,562
JED → MAD4,522 km 91,351
JED → TZX2,142 km 90,955
JED → VIE3,557 km 86,313
JED → ATH2,319 km 80,214
JED → IAD10,610 km 67,641
JED → KYA1,914 km 39,267
JED → GZT1,700 km 26,437
JED → SJJ3,118 km 22,421
JED → LAX13,409 km 22,340
JED → ASR1,927 km 20,114
JED → IXE3,909 km 19,228
JED → CNN4,015 km 18,891
JED → YEI2,251 km 11,112

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports, DGCA (domestic Oct 2025 – Sep 2026, international Jan 2025 – Dec 2025, provisional) for routes in and out of India. Routes outside these are not counted.

Airlines at JED on flights to and from the US

  • SV Saudi Arabian Airlines · 928 flights

Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources

Nearest airports

Code Airport Distance
TIFTaif International Airport145 km
YNBPrince Abdulmohsen Bin Abdulaziz International Airport296 km
ABTKing Saud Bin Abdulaziz (Al Baha) Airport300 km
PZUPort Sudan New International Airport320 km
MEDPrince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport324 km

Distance from JED to the major hubs

Route Distance Passengers / year
JED → LHR4,749 km —
JED → DXB1,702 km —
JED → CDG4,427 km 191,281
JED → FRA4,131 km —
JED → IST2,383 km 1,184,492
JED → AMS4,496 km 101,763
JED → JFK10,243 km 111,290
JED → ATL11,461 km —
JED → LAX13,409 km 22,340
JED → SIN7,365 km —
JED → HND9,543 km —
JED → DOH1,332 km —

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
16C/34C4,000 m 60 mAsphalt
16L/34R4,000 m 60 mAsphalt
16R/34L3,800 m 60 mAsphalt

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Jeddah, Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia · 21.6802, 39.1574

Map (OpenStreetMap) Airport website Wikipedia

Questions

King Abdulaziz International Airport has the IATA code JED and the ICAO code OEJN. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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