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Aerial view with old South Terminal, the new Terminal 1 can be seen in the background. King Abdulaziz International Airport [a] (IATA: JED, ICAO: OEJN, colloquially referred to as Jeddah Airport, Jeddah International Airport, or KAIA), is a major international airport serving the cities of Jeddah and Mecca in Saudi Arabia, located 19 kilometres (12 mi) north of Jeddah and covering an area of ...
Medina Airport also handles charter international flights during the Hajj and Umrah seasons. The Pilgrims for Hajj and Umrah can enter Saudi Arabia through this airport or through Jeddah Airport only. It is the fourth busiest airport in Saudi Arabia, handling 8,144,790 passengers in 2018. [1]
Jeddah is served by King Abdulaziz International Airport. The airport has four passenger terminals. One is the Hajj Terminal, a special outdoor terminal covered by large white tents, which was constructed to handle the more than two million pilgrims who pass through the airport during the Hajj season.
Jeddah: Makkah (Mecca) OEJN JED King Abdulaziz International Airport: Ha'il: Ha'il: OEHL HAS Ha’il International Airport: Medina (Madinah) Al Madinah: OEMA MED Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport: Neom: Tabuk: OENN NUM Neom Bay Airport: Riyadh: Riyadh: OERK RUH King Khalid International Airport: Ta'if: Makkah (Mecca) OETF TIF ...
Hajj Terminal at Jeddah airport. Khan designed several notable structures that are not skyscrapers. Examples include the Hajj terminal of King Abdulaziz International Airport, completed in 1981, which consists of tent-like roofs that are folded up when not in use
To cater to the large number of Hajj pilgrims, Jeddah Airport has a Hajj Terminal, specifically for use during the Hajj season; the terminal can accommodate 47 planes simultaneously while receiving 3,800 pilgrims per hour during the Hajj season. [141]
An image of Jeddah in February 1956 including the former Kandara Airport. By the 1950s, air travel to Mecca quickly became popular, because of how it was time sufficient and required less walking. Jeddah Airport would see 250,000 pilgrims passing by on average, and the usage of ox-carts, walking, and camels also quickly loss popularity. [8]
The biennale re-imagined Jeddah's Western Hajj Terminal at King Abdulaziz Airport, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. It presented more than forty contemporary works and over fifteen never-before-exhibited works, in addition to 280 artefacts, delivered by the Diriyah Biennale Foundation through a unique multi-sensorial experience. [27]