Airports in Saudi Arabia
29 airports with scheduled flights, busiest first.
Saudi Arabia has 29 airports with scheduled passenger flights and an IATA code, 16 of them large. The busiest are King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED, 37.5 million passengers, Wikidata, 2019), King Khalid International Airport (RUH, 29.1 million passengers, Wikidata, 2019) and Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport (MED, 11.9 million passengers, Wikidata, 2025).
Busiest routes
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| IST – JED | 2,383 km | 1,184,492 |
| BOM – JED | 3,524 km | 805,547 |
| IST – MED | 2,115 km | 610,419 |
| IST – RUH | 2,457 km | 597,856 |
| DEL – JED | 3,885 km | 539,383 |
| JED – SAW | 2,324 km | 473,203 |
| DEL – RUH | 3,041 km | 406,930 |
| BOM – RUH | 2,774 km | 382,435 |
| RUH – SAW | 2,393 km | 346,198 |
| HYD – JED | 4,142 km | 344,255 |
| BOM – DMM | 2,501 km | 323,780 |
| CCJ – JED | 4,088 km | 232,095 |
| JED – MXP | 3,833 km | 223,892 |
| DEL – DMM | 2,701 km | 218,381 |
| MED – SAW | 2,054 km | 215,970 |
| BLR – JED | 4,190 km | 214,721 |
| CCJ – RUH | 3,443 km | 193,136 |
| CDG – JED | 4,427 km | 191,281 |
| CDG – RUH | 4,655 km | 183,759 |
| CCJ – DMM | 3,226 km | 177,480 |
Questions
Saudi Arabia has 29 airports with scheduled passenger flights and an IATA code, 16 of them large airports (OurAirports, 14 October 2026). Airfields without airline service are not counted.
King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED), King Khalid International Airport (RUH), Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport (MED), King Fahd International Airport (DMM), Abha International Airport (AHB) and Jizan Regional Airport / King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Airport (GIZ), by passengers a year in open data. The full list with ICAO codes is on this page.
King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED), with 37.5 million passengers (Wikidata, 2019).