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Saudi airport and largest in the world by area
King Fahd International Airport, also known as Dammam International Airport or simply Dammam Airport or King Fahd Airport, is the international airport serving Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The airport is located 31 kilometres northwest of downtown Dammam and is named after the former King of Saudi Arabia, Fahd ibn Abdulaziz (1921–2005). The airport serves the entire Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia and is one of the four primary international airports in the kingdom.
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Capital of Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Dammam is the seat and largest city of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. An industrial port city on the coast of the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 1,386,166 as of 2022, making it the country's fifth-largest city after Riyadh, Jeddah, Mecca, and Medina. Dammam forms the core of the Dammam metropolitan area, also known as Greater Dammam, which includes the neighboring governorates of Khobar and Qatif. As of 2022, the metropolitan area's population was 2,743,318, making it the third-largest in the country.
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The attacks mark the deadliest assault on Saudi soil in more than a decade.
Saudi Arabia's aviation regulator has extended the closure of Riyadh airport after it was hit again by fatal Houthi strikes while Damman airport was also struck.
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