UAE · Gulf logistics
Three airports handled 98.5% of Saudi air cargo in 2025
Saudi airports handled 1.185 million tonnes of air cargo in 2025. Riyadh and Jeddah accounted for 87.4% between them. Adding Dammam brings the three largest airports to roughly 98.5% of the recorded total.
Sources checked
- King Khalid International, Riyadh576,595 tonnes
- King Abdulaziz International, Jeddah458,887 tonnes
- King Fahd International, Dammam131,591 tonnes
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Riyadh handled close to half
King Khalid International recorded about 576,595 tonnes, or 48.6% of the national total. Jeddah's 458,887 tonnes accounted for about 38.7%. The published total includes a further 18,267 tonnes outside the three individually named airports. Source 1
Facility count measures a different thing
Dammam recorded nine cargo facilities and 131,591 tonnes. Jeddah reported four facilities and more than three times Dammam's weight. The facility counts measure how many were recorded, with no breakdown here of each facility's capacity or freight mix. Source 1
Over one third of national cargo was in transit
The workbook classifies 420,061 tonnes as transit, about 35.4% of the national total. It records another 695,561 tonnes inbound and 69,719 tonnes outbound. These direction totals apply across all airports and the airport breakdown gives combined weights. Source 1
How the locations are represented
The pins mark airport reference points published in the aeronautical information publication. They represent the airport rather than any particular cargo building. The weight and facility figures come from the statistical workbook. Source 1 Source 2