Runway Lighting & Airfield Electrical installations at King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED)

Airfield Ground Lighting (AGL) is the most safety-critical electrical system on any airport: inset and elevated LED runway edge, centreline, threshold, touchdown-zone, taxiway centreline, stop-bar and PAPI lighting, all driven by Constant Current Regulators and an individually addressed lighting control and monitoring system (ILCMS). It interconnects with the A-SMGCS, ATC tower and airfield MV ring. Specifications follow ICAO Annex 14 and FAA AC 150/5345. Buyers are airports, national CAAs and the civil contractors delivering new runways and rehabilitation packages.

Jeddah is the gateway to Makkah — and few airports carry such spiritual and logistical weight in a single footprint. Its Hajj Terminal, a Skidmore Owings & Merrill marvel of tented fibreglass, has moved pilgrims for four decades while the new Terminal 1 by HOK now handles Saudia's widebody flows. 2024 traffic climbed to 49.1 million as the Kingdom chases a goal of 150 million pilgrims and tourists a year by 2030.