Jeddah International Airport, colloquially referred to as Abbas Ibn Firnas Airport, Jeddah Airport or Kandara Airport was a major international airport in Saudi Arabia located between the neighbourhoo
Oblique Jeddah Airport 1950s
An oblique photo showing Al Kandara District and Jeddah Airport in 1952.
Pilgrim’s Square located in Jeddah Airport, c1950s.
Al-Kandara district in Jeddah during the 1970s.
Jeddah is the largest city in Mecca Province, the second-largest city in Saudi Arabia after Riyadh, and the country’s main commercial center. It is in the Hejaz region on the Red Sea coast. The city’s
Jeddah International Airport (closed 1981)
…Airport (IATA: JED, ICAO: OEJD) was a major international airport in Saudi Arabia located between the neighbourhoods of Al-Kandara and Al-Sharafiya, Jeddah. It was the principal airport serving the cities Jeddah and Mecca in the kingdom before the construction of King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA…
A market street in Old Jeddah with the al-Mimar Mosque in the background.
الواجهة البحرية في مدينة جدة غرب السعودية
Market street in old Jedddah, Saudi Arabia, on Friday morning