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King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh claimed the top spot in April <\/strong>among <\/strong>airports <\/strong>catering to 15 mn or more passengers annually<\/strong>, dethroning<\/a> (by a slim margin) King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah from the top spot it had claimed the previous month, the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said in its monthly report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The methodology:<\/strong> The aviation watchdog tracks 11 metrics on passenger experience, including flight delays, check-in, security, passport and customs control, asset availability, flight delays and assistance services for individuals with limited mobility.<\/p>\n

The breakdown:<\/strong> In the 5-15 mn passenger category, King Fahd International Airport in Dammam led the pack, followed by Madinah\u2019s Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz International Airport. Abha International Airport in Asir ranked first in the 2-5 mn passenger category, followed by King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Jizan. Finally, in the category for airports catering to fewer than 2 mn passengers per year, Al Qaisumah-Hafar Al Batin Airport topped the list, outperforming peers with the least waiting time for departure flights.<\/p>\n

Domestic airports category:<\/strong> Arar Domestic Airport came in first, outperforming peers by delivering shorter wait times for departure and arrival flights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The aviation watchdog evaluated airports on 11 metrics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86558,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2623],"tags":[93,10,1868,125,127,126,128],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-86557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aviation","tag-aviation","tag-enterpriseam-ksa","tag-general-authority-of-civil-aviation-gaca","tag-king-abdulaziz-international-airport","tag-king-fahd-international-airport","tag-king-khalid-international-airport","tag-prince-mohammed-bin-abdulaziz-international-airport","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"e225d3f2-2aa6-4b92-9a1c-bc361d12ad08","order":"8","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2024\/4\/1740.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Riyadh\u2019s King Khalid International Airport beats Jeddah airport to claim top spot in April","related_issue":[86542],"teaser":"The aviation watchdog evaluated airports on 11 metrics","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2024\/5\/.bb37910a-11a4-4492-b0ef-276b9c93245a.mp3"},"yoast_head":"\nRiyadh\u2019s King Khalid International Airport claims top spot among Saudi airports - 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