Udhayliyah Airport
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Udhayliyah Airport is a small airport located in the village of Udhayliyah, 150 km southwest of Dammam
in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia
. It occupies a small area of 0.55 km² east of the residential camp.
, the national oil company in Saudi Arabia, owns the airfield and was being operated for domestic General Aviation
used by the company for logistics. However, the company realized the opportunity of the utilization of the nearby airport in Hofuf
which resulted in the local airport in Udhayliyah to become unused at the present time except for special flights by company executives.
Dammam
Dammam is the capital of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, the most oil-rich region in the world. The judicial and administrative bodies of the province and several government departments are located in the city. Dammam is the largest city in the Eastern Province and third largest in Saudi...
in the Eastern Province of 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...
. It occupies a small area of 0.55 km² east of the residential camp.
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Saudi Aramco , officially the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, is the national oil company of Saudi Arabia.Saudi Aramco is the world's largest and most valuable privately-held company, with estimates of its value in 2011 to be $7 trillion USD.Saudi Aramco has both the largest proven crude oil reserves,...
, the national oil company in Saudi Arabia, owns the airfield and was being operated for domestic General Aviation
General aviation
General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...
used by the company for logistics. However, the company realized the opportunity of the utilization of the nearby airport in Hofuf
Hofuf
Al-Hofuf is the major urban center in the Al-Ahsa Oasis in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.- Overview :...
which resulted in the local airport in Udhayliyah to become unused at the present time except for special flights by company executives.