Al-Ahsa International Airport ( ar, مطار الأحساء الدولي, ) is an
airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfa ...
serving
Hofuf
Al-Hofuf ( ar, ٱلْهُفُوف ', also spelled Hofuf or Hufuf, also known as "Al-Hasa", "Al-Ahsa" or "Al-Hassa") is the major urban city in the Al-Ahsa Oasis in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, with a population of 858,395 (as of 202 ...
(also known as Al-Ahsa or Al-Hasa), a city in
Eastern Province,
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...
.
History
During
Operation Desert Shield
The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a Coalition of the Gulf War, 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Ba'athist Iraq, ...
and the
Gulf War
The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a Coalition of the Gulf War, 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Ba'athist Iraq, ...
in 1991, it served as an air base for the
French Air Force.
GACA formally approved the airport's international status in 2011.
[ The airport is expected to grow by 300,000 passengers per annum between 2015 and 2020, a GACA study predicted.][ Around 300,000 expatriate workers live in the area.][International flights soon from Al-Ahsa airport]
''Arab News'' 16 September 2013
Airlines and destinations
See also
* Transportation in Saudi Arabia
* Saudi Railways Organization
The Saudi Railways Organization (SRO) ( ar, المؤسسة العامة للخطوط الحديدية) is one of two state-owned companies that operates Saudi Arabia's rail network along with Saudi Railway Company. The SRO operates a network of ...
* Yanbu Airport
Yanbu Airport is an airport near Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. It offers both domestic and international service.
The airport's full name is Prince Abdul Mohsin bin Abdulaziz International Airport.
Operations
The airport was upgraded in late 2009 to e ...
References
External links
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* https://web.archive.org/web/20140116135927/http://www.alriyadh.com/net/article/901315
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Airports in Saudi Arabia
Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia