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Access and logistics

Airports and rail by region. Passenger figures are confirmed against the GASTAT bulletin for the three largest airports only; the rest are order-of-magnitude estimates and marked as such. One structural fact worth knowing: the two passenger rail networks are not connected to each other. Haramain serves the Hijaz, SAR serves Najd and the east, and there is no rail link between Riyadh and Jeddah.

Airports

AirportCodeRegionPassengers per yearRole
King Abdulaziz InternationalJEDMakkah53 500 000hub
King Khalid InternationalRUHRiyadh40 800 000hub
King Fahd InternationalDMMEastern Province13 700 000hub
Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz InternationalMEDAl Madinah11 800 000hub
Abha InternationalAHBAsir2 500 000regional
Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz InternationalTUUTabuk1 500 000regional
King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz InternationalGIZJazan1 200 000regional
Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz InternationalELQAl Qassim1 100 000regional
Al-Ahsa InternationalHOFEastern Province700 000regional
Ha'il InternationalHASHa'il600 000regional
Taif InternationalTIFMakkah500 000regional
Yanbu Prince Abdul Mohsin bin AbdulazizYNBAl Madinah450 000regional
Najran DomesticEAMNajran400 000domestic
Al-Jouf DomesticAJFAl Jouf350 000domestic
AlUla InternationalULHAl Madinah300 000under development
Arar DomesticRAENorthern Borders250 000domestic
King Saud bin AbdulazizABTAl Bahah250 000domestic
Qaisumah / Hafar Al-BatinAQIEastern Province200 000domestic
Sharurah DomesticSHWNajran150 000domestic
Bisha DomesticBHHAsir120 000domestic
Wadi Al-Dawasir DomesticWAERiyadh100 000domestic
Turaif DomesticTUINorthern Borders90 000domestic
Rafha DomesticRAHNorthern Borders80 000domestic
Qurayyat DomesticURYAl Jouf70 000domestic
Dawadmi DomesticDWDRiyadh0domestic
Red Sea InternationalRSITabuk0under development
NEOM BayNUMTabuk0under development
Amaala International—Tabuk0under development
King Salman InternationalRUHRiyadh0under development

Rail connections

DestinationRegionJourneyService
Al-Ahsa (Hofuf)Eastern Province1 h 50 minSAR, conventional
AbqaiqEastern Province2 h 30 minSAR, conventional
DammamEastern Province4 h 0 minSAR, conventional
MajmaahRiyadh1 h 30 minSAR, conventional
Buraydah (Qassim)Al Qassim3 h 0 minSAR, conventional
HailHa'il5 h 0 minSAR, conventional
Sakaka (Al Jouf)Al Jouf8 h 0 minSAR, conventional
QurayyatAl Jouf9 h 0 minSAR, conventional
Jeddah SulaimaniyahMakkah35 minHaramain, high speed
King Abdulaziz AirportMakkah50 minHaramain, high speed
KAEC (Rabigh)Makkah1 h 25 minHaramain, high speed
Al MadinahAl Madinah2 h 30 minHaramain, high speed
Al MadinahAl Madinah2 h 0 minHaramain, high speed
JeddahMakkah—no rail link
MakkahMakkah—no rail link
AlUlaAl Madinah—no rail link
AbhaAsir—no rail link
TabukTabuk—no rail link
The Red SeaTabuk—no rail link
JazanJazan—no rail link
NajranNajran—no rail link
Al BahaAl Bahah—no rail link
ArarNorthern Borders—no rail link