Two survey teams from SLC Associates recently completed a new WGS-84 Aeronautical Survey for King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The survey, which represents the first trip into Saudi Arabia for SLC Associates, was carried out within the budgeted time with one team then returning to the UK and the second team flying across to Dubai to continue work on existing contracts in the UAE.
Jeddah is a city in the Tihamah region on the coast of the Red Sea and is the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia. It is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest sea port on the Red Sea, and the second largest city in Saudi Arabia after the capital city, Riyadh. With a population currently at 3.2 million. Jeddah is the principal gateway to Mecca, Islam‘s holiest city, which able-bodied Muslims are required to visit at least once in their lifetime. It is also a gateway to Medina, the second holiest place in Islam.
