Saudi Arabia approves land for two airport projects

Saudi government has approved two prime locations - Sudair City for Industry and Businesses and Riyadh-Hawtat Rani Tamim Road - for its upcoming airport projects, said a report.

Riyadh Governor Prince Faisal bin Bandar has endorsed recommendations regarding the locations of two domestic airports to be built in northern and southeastern clusters of development centers in the region, according to Arab News.

The location of the airport serving the northern cluster of development centers has been selected and reserved northeast of Sudair City for Industry and Businesses, over a total area of 24 sq km, it stated.

The northern cluster includes the provinces of Zulfa, Al-Magma’ah and Al-Ghat.

The location is expected to achieve integration between air and railway transport on one side, and the industrial activities and logistic services



offered by Sudair City for Industry and Businesses on the other, according to the report.

The airport’s location will boost economic and demographic development in the northern cluster of development centers, Prince Faisal is chairman of the High Commission for the Development of Riyadh (HCDR), the report said, citing Prince Faisal, who is also the chairman of the High Commission for the Development of Riyadh (HCDR).

The airport serving the southeastern clusters of development centers will be developed over a 42 sq km area on Riyadh-Hawtat Rani Tamim Road.

The southeastern region of development centers includes the provinces of Al-Kharj, Hawtat Bani Tamim, Al Hariq and Al Aflaj said the report.

The airport’s location will serve the provinces of Al-Kharj, Hawtat Bani Tamim, Al-Hariq and Al-Aflaj, as well as southern Riyadh, it added.