# Jizan Regional Airport / King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Airport (GIZ)

> Jizan, SA · IATA: GIZ · ICAO: OEGN · Medium Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `GIZ` |
| ICAO | `OEGN` |
| City | Jizan |
| Country | SA |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 6 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 16.90110, 42.58580 |

## Description

Opened in 1978 and later raised to international status, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Airport (GIZ, ICAO OEGN) is the air gateway of Jizan on Saudi Arabia's southern Red Sea coast and handles regional freight alongside passengers. Saudia, flynas and flyadeal link it with Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam, while Air Arabia and Air Cairo serve Sharjah, Dubai and Cairo. A terminal programme costed at roughly SAR 2.5 billion is to lift annual capacity to 6.3 million passengers and add ten aircraft stands plus expanded cargo facilities. The airport sits beside Jazan Economic City, a multi-billion-dollar cluster for shipping, energy, processing and manufacturing. Shipments leave GIZ essentially as belly cargo on passenger aircraft; no scheduled freighter operation is confirmed. Most of the area's tonnage still moves through Port Jizan, the kingdom's third-largest Red Sea port at roughly 5 million tonnes a year, so forwarders consolidate heavy intercontinental air freight via Jeddah (JED), with Abha (AHB) as the inland alternative.

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