AirportsKing Khalid International Airport is a large airport serving Riyadh, in Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is RUH.
Key facts
- IATA code
- RUH
- ICAO code
- OERK
- City
- Riyadh
- State or region
- Riyadh Region
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 24.9576° N, 46.6988° E
- Elevation
- 625 m (2,049 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 4,205 m (13,796 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, RUH means King Khalid International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: OERK. ICAO codes that begin with O belong to the Middle East, Pakistan and Afghanistan. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 24.9576° N, 46.6988° E. It stands 625 metres (2,049 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Riyadh, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
King Khalid International Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 4,205 metres (13,796 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 29 airports of Saudi Arabia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 2.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15L/33R | 4,205 m 13,796 ft | 60 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 15R/33L | 4,205 m 13,796 ft | 60 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Dawadmi Domestic AirportDawadmi | DWD | 266 km |
| Al-Ahsa International AirportHofuf | HOF | 283 km |
| Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz International AirportQassim | ELQ | 329 km |
| King Khaled Military City AirportKing Khaled Military City | KMC | 347 km |
| King Fahd International AirportAd Dammam | DMM | 353 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 3,036 km | 4 h 10 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 2,770 km | 3 h 50 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 874 km | 1 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 4,940 km | 6 h 25 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 10,480 km | 13 h 10 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 13,279 km | 16 h 30 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 6,674 km | 8 h 30 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,688 km | 11 h 00 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,795 km | 15 h 55 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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