King Fahd Air Base
Since july 1 2017 the airport is being operated and managed by the dammam airports company daco.
King fahd air base. Investment commercial requests commerce info daco sa. King abdulaziz air base iata. The northern exit links the airport with qatif as a four lane highway and the southern exit links the airport with dammam as a six lane highway to king fahd road which is now considered as the main road to the airport.
Passenger relations 966 13 883 4445. The trouble is that crown prince abdullah bin abdelaziz has been running the kingdom for the past two years in view of the king s chronic ill health. For example the flight control tower has the.
King fahd international airport. Eurofighter royal saudi air force 72 ordered of which 55 have been delivered as of december 2015. During latham s time there the air force flew over 65 000 sorties and destroyed more than 400 iraqi aircraft according to an air force white paper air force performance in desert storm.
It is located in the eastern part of the country about 20 km away from dammam. Taif air base part of royal saudi air force. The base was also hosting the 1703 rd air refueling wing.
King fahad air base. It used to be one of the most important pit stops in the area. He was assigned to king fahd air base dharan saudi arabia and stayed there until may 1991.
Classic editor history comments share. The architecture is a blending of traditional islamic forms with modern technology. The airport terminal building is one of the architectural works of minoru yamasaki and was completed in 1961.
If it were only up to king fahd bin abdulaziz and his brother defense minister sultan bin abdulaziz the americans would be granted the use of the air base without demur. At the same time the allied forces run a hospital in the area. King fahad air base is a royal saudi air force base at taif.
King fahd international airport main p o box 3477 dammam 31471 saudi arabia. King fahd international airport kfia is located in the eastern province of saudi arabia in dammam the airport is linked to populated areas by two major roads. Summary elevation amsl 4 848 ft 1 477 m runways direction length surface ft m 07 25 12 254 3 735 asphalt 17 35.
King khalid air base was run by the allied forces during the gulf war for a small period of time from 1990 to 1991. It holds the record for the largest and widest airport in the world covering over 780 square km. King fahd air base in an inactivated military airfield that currently serves for commercial and civilian flights.
