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Top: A-10 Thunderbolt IIs parked on the taxiway of King Fahd Int'l Airport Bottom: A MIM-104 Patriot missile battery near the airport. The terminal building and mosque can be seen in the background. The airport is named for King Fahd (r. 1982–2005), under whose reign it was constructed and inaugurated. Design of the airport building began in ...
The King Fahd Satellite Telecommunications City is a satellite communications facility located between Mecca and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. The facility is the control center for the Arab Satellite Communications Organization , one of the largest SATCOM operators in the Middle East/North Africa region. [ 1 ]
The Arab Satellite Communications Organization (often abbreviated as Arabsat) is a communications satellite operator in the Arab World, headquartered in the city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Arabsat was created to deliver satellite-based, public and private telecommunications services to the Arab States, in accordance with International Standards.
Dammam's King Fahd International Airport, operating since October 1999, [34] the largest airport in the world in terms of land area, serves as the primary hub for the entirety of the Eastern Province. [34] Located 30 km northwest of the city, the airport is well connected by air to 43 destinations in the Middle East, Asia, and Europe, provided ...
The airport has one of the world's tallest air traffic control towers, and two parallel runways, each 4,260 metres (13,980 ft) in length. It is the second largest airport by land area in the world, after King Fahd International Airport. [4] It is one of the busiest airports in the Middle East.
Route 605 connecting Khobar, Dammam and the King Fahd International Airport. Route 613 to Qatif, Ra's Tanura, Jubail and Ra's Al Khair. Route 610 Route 615 Route 617 Mashreq network. The Mashreq network uses Highway 40 and Highway 95 to complete Mashreq M80 to Bahrain, while Highway 95, which continues northward toward Kuwait, is also part of ...
Al-Ahsa International Airport: Al-'Ula: Al Madinah: OEAO ULH AlUla International Airport [1] Buraidah: Al-Qassim: OEGS ELQ Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz International Airport: Dammam: Eastern: OEDF DMM King Fahd International Airport: Jeddah: Makkah (Mecca) OEJN JED King Abdulaziz International Airport: Ha'il: Ha'il: OEHL HAS Ha’il International ...
The city is served by King Fahd International Airport. Although there is a small airport in the city, Ras Tanura Airport, it is for the exclusive use of Saudi Aramco, mainly helicopters. The distance from the city center to the terminal in Dammam Airport is approximately 50 km (31 mi).