 The airport is predicted to have the capacity to handle 2.4 million passengers p/a.The General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA) started operations of international flights to and from King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Airport in Jazan on April 9, 2015

The airport received the first international flight from Cairo International Airport with over 100 passengers on board.Director General of the airport Hamid Hammad Al-Ghareebi and other officials received the first international flight.