Qaisumah Domestic Airport
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Qaisumah Domestic Airport is an airport in Qaisumah
, Hafar Al-Batin
, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
. Its official name is Hafar Al-Batin Domestic Airport.
The airport began in 1962 as a dusty runway for a Dakota aircraft which was used at that time for transporting ARAMCO employees between its stations in the Kingdom’s northern region. Today, the airport has a 3000 meter runway capable of handling Boeing 737 aircraft, a total area of 11 million square meters, a 105 passenger terminal, a sewage system and a water treatment and stand-by power plant.
Qaisumah
Qaisumah is a town belongs to Hafar Al-Batin, Saudi Arabia. It is located at around ....
, Hafar Al-Batin
Hafar Al-Batin
Hafar Al-Batin is a Saudi Arabian city in the Eastern Province and located in the Northeastern region. It is located 480 km the north of Riyadh, 90 km from Kuwait border and about 70 from the Iraq border...
, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
. Its official name is Hafar Al-Batin Domestic Airport.
The airport began in 1962 as a dusty runway for a Dakota aircraft which was used at that time for transporting ARAMCO employees between its stations in the Kingdom’s northern region. Today, the airport has a 3000 meter runway capable of handling Boeing 737 aircraft, a total area of 11 million square meters, a 105 passenger terminal, a sewage system and a water treatment and stand-by power plant.