The Middle East is an upcoming continent between Europe and Asia, this drastically affects the market for Jeddah. The market of domestic flights is growing with 150%, against a growth of 179% of international traffic, seen over the last decade. The problem is that the airport is already over its capacity and with a very high minimum connecting time (MCT) of 3 hours this will lead to problems.This needs to be adjusted to be capable of handling more future transfer passengers. Further, the lack of public transport at the airport needs to be under mind. Currently only travelling by taxi is possible between terminals. If the plan will be implemented, Jeddah can comply to the IATA standard of an MCT of 50 minutes and still be the number one airport in the region for the pelgrims who want to visit Mecca and Medina.

 The terminal of the chosen land use plan has the possibilities to handle a large amount of passengers (80 million in the year 2035). In combination with a state of the art baggage handling system and an APM it will be a very pleasant transfer hub.  Between runway 16C/34C and 16L/34R the cargo village will be located and near the north of the passenger terminal the maintenance area will be built. There will be a dedicated area for Saudi Airlines and SkyTeam. The reason for this is that both facilities are located well and the possibility to extend is not restricted. With the location of these two facilities no current operations will be disrupted. The extension of the cargo terminal will begin when the new passenger terminal is finished and the old one is demolished till that time the cargo terminal will extend to the south of its current location.

The plan is to replace the operations temporarily to the west Hajj terminal till de first terminal is finished. The new terminal will exist out of a combination of terminal configurations to handle and facilitate the Pax demand in the most efficient way. Terminal 1 will be a small shaped terminal with a width end in the shape of a half-moon this moon shaped end will create a lot of capacity to terminal 1. Terminal 2 and 3 are midfield terminals. These terminals are basically to mooned shaped endings against each other. The overall surface of the terminals will be is 700,000 SQM. The three terminals will be linked with each other by an automatic people mover (APM).              

The airport will be connected by a network of roads and rails that will interlink the local network. Terminal 1 will have a train station that will provide a direct link to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina and it will provide a direct link to Jeddah city itself. On the south side of terminal one there will be a multi-storey car park with a direct link to the terminal.

The advantage of the terminal is the possibility to extend. There is a possibility to extend in the middle of the current terminal because there is space left. If Jeddah Airport grows faster than expected an additional terminal can be built. 

Some facts lined up:

The terminal will include:

• 48 X-ray units
• 275 in check counters
• 670.000 SQM
• 126 aprons
• 186 gates

The numbers of passengers: