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Riyadh airport temporarily suspends flight operations
Riyadh’s international airport has temporarily stopped handling flights, according to an air traffic control source.
No inbound or outbound flights were being serviced when the source spoke.
The airport is in Saudi Arabia’s capital.
The source did not give a reason for the suspension or say how long it would last.
Yemen’s Houthi-run SABA news agency also said Abha and Dammam airports had suspended operations, citing flight-tracking data.
A regional air traffic control source said Abha and Dammam remained open.
No further information was given about when Riyadh airport would resume operations.
Riyadh’s international airport temporarily suspended operations, according to a source in air traffic control services cited by TASS.
The source said no inbound or outbound flights were being serviced.
Yemen’s SABA news agency had earlier reported that Abha, Dammam and Riyadh airports had suspended operations, citing flight-tracking data.
A regional air traffic control source told TASS that Abha and Dammam airports remained operational.
TASS’s publication metadata gives October 10, 2026, while its article text is dated October 19.
- Who
- Riyadh’s international airport suspended operations.
- What
- No inbound or outbound flights were being serviced.
- When
- The article text is dated October 19, while TASS’s publication metadata gives October 10, 2026.
- Where
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The Riyadh airport has suspended operations; no inbound or outbound flights are being serviced.
Yemen’s SABA news agency reported that Abha, Dammam and Riyadh airports had suspended operations, citing flight-tracking data.
An air traffic control source confirmed to TASS that Riyadh airport had suspended operations.
A regional air traffic control source told TASS that Abha and Dammam airports remained operational.
- Airport
- Riyadh international airport
- Flight status
- No inbound or outbound flights were being serviced
- Other airports
- Abha and Dammam remained operational, according to a regional air traffic control source
- Article date
- October 19, as stated in the text
- Publication metadata
- October 10, 2026
Sources
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