King Fahd International Airport (DMM): Dammam Gateway and Vision 2030 Logistics Hub

Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

King Fahd International Airport is the main Dammam airport and the principal air gateway for Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province. The airport is commonly searched as King Fahd Airport, Saudi Dammam airport, KFIA, or DMM airport, and its official airport codes are IATA DMM and ICAO OEDF [S1], [S4]. It is famous because Guinness World Records lists it as the world’s largest airport by land area at 780 square kilometres, but that record should be read carefully: KFIA is not Saudi Arabia’s busiest airport by passenger traffic, nor the world’s largest airport by terminal size or flight movements [S5], [S14]. Its strategic importance is different. It connects Dammam, Dhahran, Al Khobar, Jubail, Aramco’s industrial ecosystem, Gulf logistics corridors, and Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 aviation strategy [S2], [S7], [S8].

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King Fahd International Airport (DMM): Dammam Gateway and Vision 2030 Logistics Hub