Darin Airport

Darin Airport
مطار دارين
Summary
Airport typeDefunct
LocationQatif, Saudi Arabia
Opened1911 (1911)
Closed1932 (1932)

Darin Airport, also known as Dareen Airport (Arabic: مطار دارين) was a military airport in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. It was established around 1911 during World War I. It is considered to be the oldest and first airport in Saudi Arabia. Weekly flights once operated between Darin Airport and Qudaibiya Airport in Manama. The airport ceased operations in 1932 and was abandoned in 1939, leaving only a fuel storage room, isolated from the building and the runway, which was located 600 meters from the coastline.

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