The design and geometry of the building are similar to those of the other terminals architecturally and in the aesthetic respect.
A ceremonial hall 12.5 metres (41 ft) wide and 390 metres (1,280 ft) long connects it to the mosque. The Royal Pavilion has open spaces, garden areas, and fountains. Heads of state and other high-ranking VIP visitors to the kingdom are greeted in the Royal Pavilion. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia James Smith after arriving at King Khalid International Airport. The US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates walks with U.S. Operated by Irish airport operator Dublin Airport Authority, it is Saudi's first privately run airport terminal and can handle 12 million passengers per year. Terminal 5 is a 106,500 square metres (1,146,000 sq ft) rectangular building which can serve 16 narrow-body or 8 wide-body aircraft.
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The complex includes a modern VIPs terminal plus restaurants, cafeterias, airlines offices, government departments, hotels and rent-a-car companies counters, banks, first aid clinics and commercial shops. Each terminal is triangular in plan, with a base of 47,500 square metres (511,000 sq ft) area. They are connected to each other by means of three linking buildings, each 168 metres (551 ft) long. Terminal 1 to 4 were built when the airport was opened in November, 1983.
This airport consists of five passenger terminals (only three of which are in use), with eight aero-bridges each, a mosque, covered and uncovered car parking for 11,600 vehicles, an additional Royal Terminal (for the kingdom's guests, government heads, and Saudi royal family use), a central control tower (one of the world's tallest), and two parallel runways, each 4,260 metres (13,980 ft) long. King Khalid International Airport ( Arabic: مطار الملك خالد الدولي Maṭār al-Malik Khālid al-Duwaliyy, IATA: RUH, ICAO: OERK) is located 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, designed by the architectural firm HOK, and Arabian Bechtel Company Limited served as the construction manager on behalf of the Saudi government.