The old South terminal is already closed and now all domestic and international flights are operated through terminal 1 The airport is considered the top airport in Saudi and at current stage it serves 30 million passengers with plans to accommodate up to 100 million passengers in subsequent stage.
To the north of the city, a string of beach resort compounds are known as party spots where many of the social mores of the rest of the country are flouted, especially by rich, liberal families from Jeddah.