Talk:King Fahd International Airport

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On Google Earth this airport seems not larger than 8x5 km. How do they calculate 750km²?

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This airport is faily unpopular with locals. It's a long way from Dharan/Dammam/Khobar (The cities it is meant to serve). It is more popular to fly in and out of Bahrain, where they offer special deals on parking and run a bus across the causeway to attract Saudi customers. Plus the added bonus of being able to get a drink at the Bahraini airport is an added bonus... My visit to this airport was interesting in that is was this huge massive cavernous terminal, and it seemed pretty much empty of activity.

• Well, a lot of airlines, including British Airways, do not fly to this airport because of the high cost, and few passengers. Still, you've got the largest airport in the world! -- Eagle^amn 07:18, August 2, 2005 (UTC)

• Yeah the airport has had an unhappy time. Delayed, way over budget, and operational problems when it first opened (it had to be closed a week after opening). However, it isn't that far away, it is closer to the city centre than Riyadh airport was from it's respective city centre when it was first opened (the city has cought up now). But it felt far because of poor access (the spur from the highway wasn't complete). This has been addressed but the damage has been done. At least passenger numbers have stablised now. Maybe this is all worthy of a paragraph in the article?

HiJazzey 22:52, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

If you know this information, go ahead and add it to the article. Please cite any available sources you got the info from. -- Eagle^amn 00:19, September 7, 2005 (UTC)

done HiJazzey

It is always good to know that there are actually people from Saudi Arabia (other than me) who do care about things like this. -- Eagle^amn 00:25, September 9, 2005 (UTC)

Sure thing. I try to chip in, although don't expect me to be too prolific. Salam. HiJazzey 18:07, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Airlines

Could we please have a list of airlines that serve it? james_anatidae 14:35, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] References

I've tagged this article as unreferenced. It's in dire need of references, particularly where the sizes are claimed. For example the article claims that the airport is 750 km2, something I doubt, and I can't seem to find any information to back this up. Any help in adding references would be much appreciated. Norman22b (talk) 16:12, 11 April 2008 (UTC)