{"id":575088,"date":"2026-10-12T22:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T12:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/riyadh-airport-cancelation-data\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T22:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T12:51:07","slug":"saudia-hardest-hit-as-riyadh-flight-cancelations-soar-amid-missile-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=575088","title":{"rendered":"Saudia Hardest Hit As Riyadh Flight Cancelations Soar Amid Missile Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

King Khalid International Airport (RUH) in Saudi Arabia has recently been the target of multiple Houthi missile attacks as war continues to rage in the Middle East. According to data from Cirium<\/a>, an aviation analytics company, Riyadh Airport<\/a><\/span> is Saudi Arabia’s second-busiest hub, with 11,222 departures scheduled in October of 2026. It sits behind Jeddah (JED), whose total of 11,832 ranks in first place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At the peak of the disruption, Riyadh Airport canceled more than 80% of its daily flights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,475,1695,5765,4407,988,1708],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-575088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-airports","category-middle-east","category-riyadh","category-riyadh-airport","category-saudi-arabia","category-saudia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t