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King Fahd airport covers the largest area

The Saudi facility spans about 780 square kilometres of desert King Fahd International Airport near Dammam in Saudi Arabia covers roughly 780 square kilometres, more than the entire area of some small countries. Most of that land is undeveloped desert set aside for future expansion rather than runways and terminals. The passenger terminal itself is modest, with a distinctive mosque whose roof echoes a tent. It sits in Mondo's records & extremes collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The Saudi facility spans about 780 square kilometres of desert. The figure is taken from Guinness World Records, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a records & extremes fact?: Yes. It sits on the Records & Extremes shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.