| King Khalid International Airport Riyadh, KSA The New Airport City Master Development Plan | |
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The new King Khalid International Airport located near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia was opened in 1983 as the second of three major three major international airports in the kingdom.
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airport layout includes five major terminals and two 4,140 meter Located 35 kilometers north of central Riyadh, the new airport encompasses a land area of over 225 square kilometers. With five major terminals, since its inauguration the new facility has had a capacity to handle 7.5 million passengers a year, a figure which more than doubled by 2001.
The new airport project also included a planned New International Airport City eventually accommodating over 100,000 population along with a 3,000 hectare office and industrial park targeted to serve the rapidly growing aviation related commercial services market. |
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| Dr. J. Michael Cobb was senior principal for Bechtel International and was responsible for planning the new Riyadh International Airport City component of the overall airport development project. | |
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