Where is RUH airport?

RUH is a large airport in Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia, at 24.9576, 46.6988, 625 m above sea level.

What time zone is RUH in?

RUH is in the Asia/Riyadh time zone, UTC+3.

How many passengers use RUH?

29,084,238 passengers in 2019, according to Wikidata.

King Khalid International Airport opened in 1983.

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Large airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

IATA code: RUH
ICAO code: OERK
Size: large; OurAirports class
Passengers: 29,084,238; 2019 · Wikidata
Nonstop routes: 19; With open traffic data
Time zone: UTC+3; Asia/Riyadh
Elevation: 625 m; 2,051 ft
Runways: 2; Longest 4,205 m

Local time now: —

More codes: airport codes starting with R

About RUH

King Khalid International Airport is a large airport serving Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It opened in 1983. 29,084,238 passengers used it in 2019. Open traffic data shows 19 nonstop routes from RUH.

Wikidata (CC0). Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from RUH

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
RUH → IST	Istanbul, Turkey	2,457 km	597,856
RUH → DEL	New Delhi, India	3,041 km	406,930
RUH → BOM	Mumbai, India	2,774 km	382,435
RUH → SAW	Istanbul, Turkey	2,393 km	346,198
RUH → CCJ	Kozhikode, India	3,443 km	193,136
RUH → CDG	Paris, France	4,655 km	183,759
RUH → HYD	Hyderabad, India	3,397 km	150,634
RUH → FRA	Frankfurt, Germany	4,295 km	142,974
RUH → FCO	Rome, Italy	3,674 km	118,914
RUH → TZX	Trabzon, Turkey	1,891 km	118,209
RUH → COK	Kochi, India	3,541 km	116,511
RUH → LKO	Lucknow, India	3,423 km	91,103
RUH → JFK	New York, United States	10,500 km	65,165
RUH → IAD	Washington, United States	10,862 km	50,984
RUH → SJJ	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,315 km	34,830
RUH → BJV	Bodrum, Turkey	2,263 km	27,420
RUH → CNN	Kannur, India	3,361 km	25,058
RUH → TRV	Thiruvananthapuram, India	3,688 km	20,013
RUH → BLR	Bengaluru, India	3,502 km	18,240

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 RUH on flights to and from the US

SV Saudi Arabian Airlines · 578 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	Serves	Distance
DWD	Dawadmi Domestic Airport	Dawadmi governorate, Saudi Arabia	266 km
HOF	Al-Ahsa International Airport	Al-Ahsa governorate, Saudi Arabia	283 km
ELQ	Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz International Airport	Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia	329 km
KMC	King Khaled Military City Airport	Hafar Al-Batin, Saudi Arabia	347 km
DMM	King Fahd International Airport	Dammam, Saudi Arabia	353 km

Distance from RUH to the major hubs

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
RUH → LHR	London, United Kingdom	4,945 km	—
RUH → DXB	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	875 km	—
RUH → CDG	Paris, France	4,655 km	183,759
RUH → FRA	Frankfurt, Germany	4,295 km	142,974
RUH → IST	Istanbul, Turkey	2,457 km	597,856
RUH → AMS	Amsterdam, Netherlands	4,644 km	—
RUH → JFK	New York, United States	10,500 km	65,165
RUH → ATL	Atlanta, United States	11,721 km	—
RUH → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	13,299 km	—
RUH → SIN	Singapore, Singapore	6,677 km	—
RUH → HND	Tokyo, Japan	8,704 km	—
RUH → DOH	Doha, Qatar	496 km	—

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
15L/33R	4,205 m	60 m	Asphalt	Yes
15R/33L	4,205 m	60 m	Asphalt	Yes

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia · 24.9576, 46.6988

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Questions

King Khalid International Airport has the IATA code RUH and the ICAO code OERK. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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