Editing Transport in Saudi Arabia (section)

== Air ==
{{see also|List of airports in Saudi Arabia|List of airlines of Saudi Arabia}}
[[File:Dammam0136.jpg|left|thumb|Interior of the [[King Fahd International Airport]], the largest airport in the world by area]]
Saudi Arabia is served by three major international airports: the [[King Khalid International Airport]] in [[Riyadh]], the [[King Abdulaziz International Airport]] in [[Jeddah]], and the [[King Fahd International Airport]] in [[Dammam]], which is also the largest airport in the world by area.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The largest airport in the world: Middle Eastern airports that set records {{!}} OxfordSaudia Flight Academy|url=https://www.oxfordsaudia.com/en/blog/largest-airport-world/|access-date=2020-08-19|website=OxfordSaudia|language=en-GB}}</ref> In addition to these three major airports, several smaller airports, providing both domestic and international connections, are present throughout the kingdom, such as the [[Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport]] in Medina and the Ta'if International Airport in Ta'if among others. 
[[File:Aramco Plane 1.jpg|thumb|A [[Saudi Aramco]] Aviation [[Boeing 737]] aircraft at [[Shaybah]]]]
The Saudi Arabian flag carrier, [[Saudia]], started out in 1945 with a single twin-engine [[Douglas DC-3|Douglas DC-3 Dakota]] gifted by [[US President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Transportation & Communication|url=https://www.saudiembassy.net/transportation-communication|access-date=19 August 2020|website=Saudi Embassy}}</ref> The airline now operates more than 140 aircraft, providing a means of transport to more than 34 million annual passengers to 95 destinations around the world.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|title=SAUDIA|url=https://www.saudia.com/TRAVEL-WITH-SAUDIA/Where-we-fly/flight-destinations/Flights_Destinations_SA_en.html|access-date=2020-08-19|website=www.saudia.com|archive-date=2020-06-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622082248/https://www.saudia.com/TRAVEL-WITH-SAUDIA/Where-we-fly/flight-destinations/Flights_Destinations_SA_en.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{Citation needed span|Other major airlines in the country include [[Flynas]], [[Flyadeal]] and [[SaudiGulf Airlines]], among others. In addition to these public airlines, [[Saudi Aramco]] operates its own private airline, Saudi Aramco Aviation, with a fleet of seven aircraft and multiple helicopters and their own terminals in several cases, which they use for the transportation of employees from several far-flung locations such as [[Shaybah]], [[Yanbu]] and [[Tanajib]].|date=October 2024}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Airports of Saudi Arabia, by runway length (2003 est.)
! colspan="2" |Airports with paved runways
|-
!Runway length
!Number of airports
|-
|over {{Cvt|10000|ft||abbr=}}
|32
|-
|{{Cvt|8000|ft||abbr=}} to {{Cvt|10000|ft||abbr=}}
|13
|-
|{{Cvt|5000|ft||abbr=}} to {{Cvt|8000|ft||abbr=}}
|12
|-
|{{Cvt|3000|ft||abbr=}} to {{Cvt|5000|ft||abbr=}}
|2
|-
|under {{Cvt|3000|ft||abbr=}}
|2
|-
|'''Total'''
|61
|-
! colspan="2" |Airports with unpaved runways
|-
!Runway length
!Number of airports
|-
|over {{Cvt|10000|ft||abbr=}}
|6
|-
|{{Cvt|8000|ft||abbr=}} to {{Cvt|10000|ft||abbr=}}
|5
|-
|{{Cvt|5000|ft||abbr=}} to {{Cvt|8000|ft||abbr=}}
|75
|-
|{{Cvt|3000|ft||abbr=}} to {{Cvt|5000|ft||abbr=}}
|38
|-
|under {{Cvt|3000|ft||abbr=}}
|14
|-
|'''Total'''
|138
|-
! colspan="2" |Heliports (2009 est.)
|-
| colspan="2" |9
|}
In 2019, the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) launched the first commercial helicopter that will serve to transport customers within the major Saudi cities and to take them to different tourism destinations.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-03-11|title=Saudi Public Investment Fund launches Kingdom's first commercial helicopter operator|url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/1465166/saudi-arabia|access-date=2019-03-12|website=Arab News|language=en}}</ref>

In 2019 Saudi Arabia had 103 million air passengers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saudi Arabia: annual air passengers 2022 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/1171847/saudi-arabia-annual-air-passengers/ |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=Statista |language=en}}</ref>