Jizan Regional Airport

Jizan Regional Airport (IATA: GIZ, ICAO: OEGN), is an airport serving Jizan (also spelled Gizan), the capital city of the Jizan Province in Saudi Arabia. It is also known as King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Airport (Arabic: مطار الملك عبد الله الإقليمي‎), named for King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 20 feet (6 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 15/33 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,050 by 45 metres (10,007 ft × 148 ft). The airport has one main terminal with two different sectors; one for departures and one for arrivals respectively.The airport has another small terminal which is currently under construction; it will be used for short-term international arrivals and departures to near countries such as Yemen, Egypt and Sudan.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines offering scheduled passenger service:

Replacement

Civil Aviation of Saudi Arabia has confirmed and released a short trailer off the new airport that will replace the current airport. It will me named King Abdullah International Airport Jizan.According to Centre Of Aviation,s official website the airport project, estimated at AR2.5 billion (USD667 million), will feature a single passenger terminal with 10 aircraft gates and a VIP lounge, cargo facilities and a control tower. The airport is predicted to have the capacity to handle 2.4 million passengers p/a.

Domestic airport

A domestic airport is an airport that handles only domestic flights—flights within the same country. Domestic airports do not have customs and immigration facilities and so cannot handle flights to or from a foreign airport.

These airports normally have short runways sufficient to handle short or medium haul aircraft and regional air traffic. They have in many countries not had any security check / metal detector, but such checks have been added in recent years.

Most municipal airports in Canada and the United States are of this classification. At international airports in Canada, there are domestic terminals that handle flights within Canada (flying from one Canadian city to another).

In the United Kingdom, an example of a domestic airport is Wick Airport, which operates frequent flights to other Scottish airports.

Some small countries or regions do not have any public domestic airports, or even public domestic flights, due to its size or political reasons, e.g. Belgium, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Macau, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates.

Jizan

Jazan (Arabic: جازان‎ jazān), also spelled Jizan, Gizan or Gazan, is a port city and the capital of Jizan Region, which lies in the southwest corner of Saudi Arabia and directly north of the border with Yemen. Jazan City is situated on the coast of the Red Sea and serves a large agricultural heartland that has a population of 1.5 million, according to a 2010 census. The area is noted for its high-quality production of tropical fruits like mango, figs, and papaya.

Jazan has one of the largest mega projects market in the kingdom with significant infrastructure projects worth many billions of dollars. Saudi Aramco is building a 400,000 bpd refinery with associated terminal facilities on the Red Sea near Jazan, scheduled for completion in late 2016.

Ethnography

The inhabitants of Jazan are Arab and almost entirely Sunni Muslim.

Economy

In the early 20th-century, Jazan was a major site for pearl fishing. When World War I began, trade declined at Jazan, moving to Al Hudaydah.

Today, ambitious projects in transport, renewable energy, tourism and agricultural development are taking place in Jazan region, particularly in Jazan Economic City, including a USD$3 Billion aluminium smelter

Jazan

Jazan may refer to:

In Saudi Arabia, Jazan or Jizan:

In Iran, Jazan (Persian: جزن‎‎):