Dhahran International Airport

Dhahran International Airport
IATA: DHA – ICAO: OEDR
Summary
Airport type		Military
Operator		Ministry of Defence and Aviation
Location		Dhahran
Elevation AMSL		26 m / 84 ft
Coordinates		26°15′55″N 50°09′07″E / 26.26528°N 50.15194°E / 26.26528; 50.15194
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
16R/34L	3,660	12,008	Asphalt
16L/34R	3,600	11,811	Asphalt

Dhahran International Airport (IATA: DHA, ICAO: OEDR) in Dhahran formerly served the Ash Sharqiyah Province (Eastern Province) in Saudi Arabia. In 1999, after the opening of King Fahd International Airport, all scheduled flights were shifted out of Dhahran and the airport now serves as the King Abdulaziz Air Base of the Royal Saudi Air Force.

It is one of the architectural works of Minoru Yamasaki, and was completed in 1961. The architecture is a blending of traditional islamic forms with modern technology, for example the flight control tower has the appearance of a minaret. Images of the terminal have been used on Saudi banknotes. The terminal is viewed as having influenced the design of a number of important buildings throughout the Middle East.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• Dhahran International Airport (in Arabic)
• Airport information for OEDR at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.

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