Home › Entities › international_airport › King Khalid International Airport

King Khalid International Airport

international airport serving Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Airport international_airport Q47157
King Khalid International Airport
http://www.amc.af.mil/ · Public Domain · Wikimedia
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

King Khalid International Airport

Summary

King Khalid International Airport is an international airport[1]. It draws 1,704 Wikipedia views per month (international_airport category, ranking #151 of 1,156).[2]

Key Facts

  • King Khalid International Airport is located in Riyadh[3].
  • King Khalid International Airport is in the country of Saudi Arabia[4].
  • King Khalid International Airport's instance of is recorded as international airport[5].
  • King Khalid International Airport's instance of is recorded as airport[6].
  • King Khalid International Airport's instance of is recorded as commercial traffic aerodrome[7].
  • Riyadh is named after King Khalid International Airport[8].
  • Khalid of Saudi Arabia is named after King Khalid International Airport[9].
  • King Khalid International Airport's IATA airport code is recorded as RUH[10].
  • King Khalid International Airport's ICAO airport code is recorded as OERK[11].
  • King Khalid International Airport's Commons category is recorded as King Khalid International Airport[12].
  • King Khalid International Airport's located in time zone is recorded as Asia/Riyadh[13].
  • King Khalid International Airport's scheduled service destination is recorded as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport[14].
  • King Khalid International Airport's scheduled service destination is recorded as Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport[15].
  • King Khalid International Airport's scheduled service destination is recorded as Calicut International Airport[16].
  • King Khalid International Airport's scheduled service destination is recorded as Indira Gandhi International Airport[17].
  • King Khalid International Airport's scheduled service destination is recorded as Thiruvananthapuram International Airport[18].
  • King Khalid International Airport's scheduled service destination is recorded as Cairo International Airport[19].
  • King Khalid International Airport's scheduled service destination is recorded as Roma Fiumicino Airport[20].
  • King Khalid International Airport's runway is recorded as 15R/33L[21].
  • King Khalid International Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 24.9575996, 'lon': 46.6987991}[22].
  • King Khalid International Airport's official website is recorded as https://kkia.sa[23].
  • King Khalid International Airport's official website is recorded as https://www.kkia.sa/en[24].
  • King Khalid International Airport's official website is recorded as https://www.kkia.sa/ar-SA[25].
  • King Khalid International Airport's official website is recorded as https://www.kkia.sa/zh-CN[26].
  • King Khalid International Airport's topic's main category is recorded as Category:King Khalid International Airport[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for King Khalid International Airport include King Khalid Airport Mosque[28], a mosque[29], in Saudi Arabia[30], founded in 1983[31].

Why It Matters

King Khalid International Airport draws 1,704 Wikipedia views per month (international_airport category, ranking #151 of 1,156).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for it include King Khalid Airport Mosque[28], a mosque[29], in Saudi Arabia[30], founded in 1983[31].

Related Entities

Flynas Hengyang Normal University Khalid of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . store.aci.aero. store.aci.aero. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . world-airport-codes.com. Retrieved . world-airport-codes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . world-airport-codes.com. Retrieved . world-airport-codes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . world-airport-codes.com. Retrieved . world-airport-codes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . world-airport-codes.com. Retrieved . world-airport-codes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). King Khalid International Airport. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/king-khalid-international-airport
MLA “King Khalid International Airport.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/king-khalid-international-airport.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_king-khalid-international-airport_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{King Khalid International Airport}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/king-khalid-international-airport}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): King Khalid International Airport — https://4ort.xyz/entity/king-khalid-international-airport (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/king-khalid-international-airport · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · 駿次 · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aerodrome reference point → {'lat': 24.9576, 'lon': 46.6988}
    Named after → Riyadh, Khalid of Saudi Arabia
    Country → Saudi Arabia
    Place served by transport hub → Riyadh
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P1619]]: 6 November 1983"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.