{"id":90811,"date":"2024-10-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/10\/23\/riyadhs-king-khalid-international-airport-leads-gaca-rankings\/"},"modified":"2024-10-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T00:00:00","slug":"riyadhs-king-khalid-international-airport-leads-gaca-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/10\/23\/riyadhs-king-khalid-international-airport-leads-gaca-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Riyadh\u2019s King Khalid International Airport leads GACA rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh held its lead in September as<\/strong><strong> the <\/strong><strong>top-performing international airport in Saudi Arabia,<\/strong> serving over 15 mn passengers annually, according to aviation regulator Gaca's <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gaca.gov.sa\/web\/ar-sa\/news\/translation-of-ar_sa-21-oct-2024-_54488\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">monthly<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gaca.gov.sa\/web\/ar-sa\/news\/translation-of-ar_sa-21-oct-2024-_54488\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>. This marks the airport\u2019s second consecutive month at the top of the ranking, surpassing Jeddah\u2019s King Abdulaziz International Airport.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The methodology:<\/strong> The aviation watchdog evaluates 11 metrics relating to passenger experience, including waiting times for travel procedures, time spent collecting baggage and at passport and customs controls, access for travelers with limited mobility, as well as other internationally recognized criteria.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">(<strong>** Tap or click the headline above to read this story with all of the links<\/strong> to our background and outside sources.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The breakdown:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the 5-15 mn passenger category, King Fahd International Airport in Dammam Prince ranked first, followed by Mohammed bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah;<\/li>\n<li>King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Jizan topped the 2-5 mn passenger group, followed by Abha International Airport in Asir;<\/li>\n<li>Al-Ahsa International Airport topped the category for airports with fewer than 2 mn passengers, outperforming its peers in terms of waiting times for departures and arrivals;<\/li>\n<li>Qurayyat Airport led the domestic airports category.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeddah\u2019s King Abdulaziz International Airport came in second place<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90812,"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":[93,10,1581,125,2926],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-90811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aviation","tag-aviation","tag-enterpriseam-ksa","tag-general-authority-for-civil-aviation-gaca","tag-king-abdulaziz-international-airport","tag-king-khaled-international-airport","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"8a4ad488-a363-4449-aa89-218183676d63","order":"7","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2024\/9\/1791.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Riyadh\u2019s King Khalid International Airport leads GACA rankings","related_issue":[90798],"teaser":"Jeddah\u2019s King Abdulaziz International Airport came in second place","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2024\/10\/.c0734d74-4740-44c9-a5f2-7fbcc3755f8a.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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