Taif International Airport , formerly Taif Regional Airport, is an airport in
Taif
Taif (, ) is a city and governorate in Mecca Province in Saudi Arabia. Located at an elevation of in the slopes of the Hijaz Mountains, which themselves are part of the Sarat Mountains, the city has a population of 563,282 people in 2022, mak ...
,
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries ...
. The airport is located 30 km to the east of
Taif
Taif (, ) is a city and governorate in Mecca Province in Saudi Arabia. Located at an elevation of in the slopes of the Hijaz Mountains, which themselves are part of the Sarat Mountains, the city has a population of 563,282 people in 2022, mak ...
and 70 km from
Mecca
Mecca, officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia; it is the Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow valley above ...
. The airport is considered important in Saudi aviation history as it witnessed the first landing of
Ibn Saud
Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (; 15 January 1875Ibn Saud's birth year has been a source of debate. It is generally accepted as 1876, although a few sources give it as 1880. According to British author Robert Lacey's book ''The Kingdom'', ...
's plane, founder of the Kingdom. It was converted to a regional airport in 2009 when
GACA allowed international airlines to operate at the airport as the city's population was increasing and to reduce pressure on the three main airports at the time.
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List of airports in Saudi Arabia
This is a list of airports in Saudi Arabia, grouped by type and sorted by location.
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Saudia
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General Authority of Civil Aviation
The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) () is the regulator of Saudi Arabia's civil aviation sector. It was established in 1934 as the Civil Aviation Administration () to oversee the air traffic control of Saudi Arabia.
It is responsible ...
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King Abdulaziz International Airport
King Abdulaziz International Airport (IATA airport code, IATA: JED, ICAO airport code, ICAO: OEJN, colloquially referred to as Jeddah Airport, Jeddah International Airport, or KAIA), is a major international airport serving the cities of Jedda ...
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List of cities and towns in Saudi Arabia
The following is a list of cities and towns in Saudi Arabia.
List of Metro Cities
There are 5 large cities or metropolitan area, metro cities in Saudi Arabia with the population over a million or more.
Alphabetical list of cities and towns
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As-Sayl As-Saghir
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Miqat
The miqat () is a principal boundary at which Muslim pilgrims intending to perform the '' Ḥajj'' or ʿUmrah must enter the state of '' iḥrām'' (lit. 'prohibition'), a state of consecration in which certain permitted activities are made prohi ...
'' of Qarnul-Manazil at
As-Sayl Al-Kabir
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Regions of Saudi Arabia
The provinces of Saudi Arabia, also known as regions (), are the 13 first-level administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
History
After the unification of Saudi Arabia, the kingdom was divided into four provinces: the ' Asir P ...
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Airports in Saudi Arabia
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International airports in Saudi Arabia
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