Lounge directory · RUH · Last reviewed 5 June 2026
Riyadh King Khalid Lounges (RUH): Every Lounge and How to Get In
Riyadh King Khalid runs about a dozen lounges across five terminals, and most of them never close. Four take Priority Pass, several sell entry at the door, and the whole map was redrawn in February 2026. Here is where every door sits now.
- Lounge verdict
- Good and improving fast. Every terminal has at least one lounge, the big independent doors run 24 hours, and walk in entry is cheap by global standards at 149 to 230 SAR. The catch is that the network is still catching up with the February 2026 terminal reshuffle.
- Best access play
- Priority Pass opens four doors here: Plaza Premium in Terminal 1, the Hayyak lounges in Terminals 3 and 5, and naSmiles in Terminal 5. DragonPass, through the Visa and Mastercard apps, adds the Hayyak VIP Lounge in Terminal 2 and the CATRION Lounge in Terminal 4.
- The one thing to know
- RUH moved every airline between February 16 and 25, 2026. Terminals 1 and 2 now host Saudi carriers flying international, Terminals 3 and 4 their domestic flights, and Terminal 5 the foreign airlines. The lounges stayed where they were, so check your terminal before you pick your door.
Orientation
How the RUH lounge map works
The February 2026 reshuffle decides everything. Riyadh Airports Company moved every carrier in nine days: Terminals 1 and 2 took the Saudi airlines' international flights, with flynas and flyadeal in T1 and Saudia and Riyadh Air in T2. Terminals 3 and 4 took the same airlines' domestic flights, and Terminal 5, the former domestic terminal, now handles every foreign carrier. Terminals 1 through 4 sit side by side and connect on foot; Terminal 5 stands alone down the road, linked by a free shuttle bus roughly every 10 to 15 minutes and by its own metro station.
The lounges did not move with the airlines, which is why so many lounge app listings still read like 2025. The Hayyak Lounge in Terminal 3 was built for international wide bodies and now serves domestic hops; naSmiles in Terminal 5 was built for flynas domestic flyers whose airline now departs from Terminal 1. Everything in the tables below was checked on 5 June 2026 against the airport's own site and the operators' current listings, and anything the sources cannot settle is marked to be confirmed rather than guessed.
One habit serves you well here: the airport lists its Hayyak lounges, Plaza Premium and the Saudia Alfursan lounges as 24 hour operations, which matters at an airport where the long haul bank departs in the small hours. Maximum stays are enforced, four hours at the Hayyak doors, so time your entry to your boarding, not your arrival at the airport.
Terminals 1 and 2
Terminal 1 and 2 lounges: Saudi carriers, international
| Lounge | Location | Hours | Access | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaza Premium Lounge | T1, mezzanine floor, international departures, opposite Gate 108 | 24 hours | Priority Pass, DragonPass via the Visa and Mastercard apps, paid from 150 SAR for 2 hours | 210 seats and the easiest door at RUH; the default play for flynas and flyadeal international departures |
| Riyadh Air Hafawa Lounge | Between Terminals 1 and 2 | To be confirmed | Riyadh Air Business Elite and Business Class, top tier Riyadh Air frequent flyers; no paid entry | Opened February 2026; 2,000 square metres for up to 370 guests and the most ambitious lounge in the kingdom |
| Saudia Alfursan Golden First Lounge | T2, near the Saudia gates; exact position to be confirmed | 24 hours | Saudia First Class; full eligibility rules to be confirmed | The quiet top of the Saudia pyramid; few travelers ever qualify |
| Saudia Alfursan Golden Business Lounge | T2, near the Saudia gates; exact position to be confirmed | 24 hours | Saudia Business Class, Alfursan Gold, SkyTeam Elite Plus on same day SkyTeam international travel in any cabin, plus 1 guest | Buffet, showers and sleep rooms; the workhorse for the overnight Saudia bank |
| Hayyak VIP Lounge | T2, mezzanine floor | 24 hours | DragonPass via the Visa and Mastercard apps, paid entry; Priority Pass not currently listed | The premium Hayyak product with a VIP room and kids area; the practical pick in T2 without Saudia status |
| Wellcome Lounge | T2, airside, second floor | 24 hours | Paid entry from about 140 SAR, Mastercard lounge programs | Run by caterer CATRION; plain but cheap and rarely full |
This pair is where the money went. Riyadh Air's Hafawa Lounge, opened in February 2026, is the headline: Saudi coffee and dates at the door, private rooms, an immersive media room and circadian lighting across 2,000 square metres. It is also strictly gated, Business Class and Business Elite only, so for most travelers it remains something to walk past. The Saudia Alfursan lounges next door carry the SkyTeam load, and the Elite Plus rule is generous: any cabin counts as long as your same day travel is international and on a SkyTeam carrier.
Without status, Terminal 1 is the better half. Plaza Premium takes Priority Pass, DragonPass and walk ins around the clock, and its 2 hour entry at 150 SAR is one of the better lounge deals in the Gulf. In Terminal 2 your fallbacks are the Hayyak VIP Lounge on DragonPass and the Wellcome Lounge at about 140 SAR, both fine for a few hours, neither worth arriving early for.
Terminals 3 and 4
Terminal 3 and 4 lounges: domestic flights
| Lounge | Location | Hours | Access | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayyak Lounge | T3, mezzanine level, between Gates 304 and 306 | 24 hours | Priority Pass, DragonPass, LoungeKey, paid 230 SAR; 4 hour maximum stay | The best independent lounge at RUH: barista coffee, massage chairs, cube chairs with real privacy; showers cost 60 SAR extra |
| Saudia Alfursan Golden Lounge | T4, next to Gate 407 | 24 hours | Saudia premium cabins, Alfursan Gold, SkyTeam Elite Plus only with a same day domestic connection to a SkyTeam international flight | A la carte dishes, workstations and a kids play area; better than most domestic lounges anywhere |
| CATRION Lounge | T4, mezzanine floor | To be confirmed | DragonPass, paid entry; sleeping rooms sold separately by the hour | The pay in fallback for T4; the paid sleep rooms are the real reason to know it exists |
The oddity of the reshuffle lives here. The Hayyak Lounge in Terminal 3 was fitted out as a flagship international lounge, a mezzanine island with a lobby nodding to Diriyah Fort and a complimentary coffee counter with proper espresso, and it now mostly hosts passengers flying an hour to Jeddah or Dammam. Their gain. At 230 SAR the walk in price is steep for a domestic hop, but on Priority Pass or DragonPass it is the single best free door at the airport.
Note the SkyTeam fine print in Terminal 4: Elite Plus status opens the Alfursan domestic lounge only when you connect the same day to a SkyTeam international flight. A purely domestic itinerary does not qualify, however shiny the card.
Terminal 5
Terminal 5 lounges: foreign carriers
| Lounge | Location | Hours | Access | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayyak Lounge | Departure floor, opposite Gate 509 | 24 hours | Priority Pass, DragonPass, LoungeKey, paid 149 SAR | Smaller and simpler than its T3 sibling, but cheap, always open and the obvious choice in T5 |
| naSmiles Lounge | About 70 metres after passport control, on the left | 24 hours per current listings | Priority Pass, flynas naSmiles members; airport lists flynas lounge entry at 115 SAR for flynas passengers, 149 SAR for others | Built for flynas flyers whose airline now departs T1; how it serves T5's foreign carrier traffic is to be confirmed |
| Saudia Alfursan Golden Lounge | Near Gate 508A | To be confirmed | Alfursan and Saudia premium rules when operating; status after the February 2026 move to be confirmed | Built for Saudia domestic flyers who now leave from T3 and T4; do not count on this door |
| Wasan Lounge | Departure floor | To be confirmed | Paid sleep pods, sold by the hour | Pod sleeping with LED lighting and luggage storage for up to 300 guests a day; a rest product, not a lounge |
Terminal 5 is the strangest corner of the map right now. It spent a decade as the domestic terminal, its lounges were built for that traffic, and in February 2026 it became the international terminal for every foreign airline serving Riyadh. If you fly Emirates, Turkish, Lufthansa, British Airways or any other non Saudi carrier, this is your terminal, and the Hayyak Lounge opposite Gate 509 is your reliable door: 24 hours, Priority Pass, or 149 SAR at the desk.
Treat the rest of the T5 list as in transition. naSmiles still shows on Priority Pass and the Alfursan domestic lounge still appears in Saudia's materials, but both were designed around airlines that no longer fly from this building. Walk in with a plan B, which in practice means the Hayyak desk.
Access decoder
What actually opens these doors
Priority Pass covers four lounges at RUH as of June 2026: Plaza Premium in Terminal 1, the Hayyak Lounge in Terminal 3, the Hayyak Lounge in Terminal 5 and naSmiles in Terminal 5. That spread is luckier than it looks, because it puts a Priority Pass door in the international terminal for the Saudi low cost carriers, the busiest domestic terminal and the foreign carrier terminal. Entry is subject to space and the Hayyak doors enforce a 4 hour maximum stay.
DragonPass goes wider, six doors, adding the Hayyak VIP Lounge in Terminal 2 and the CATRION Lounge in Terminal 4 to the Priority Pass four. Since 2024 and 2025 both Visa Airport Companion and Mastercard Travel Pass run on DragonPass and accept app entry only, so register your card in the app before you fly; the physical card no longer opens anything.
Paying at the door works at most of the independent doors and the prices are honest. Hayyak charges 230 SAR in Terminal 3 and 149 SAR in Terminal 5, Plaza Premium starts at 150 SAR for 2 hours, the Wellcome Lounge runs about 140 SAR, and the airport lists flynas lounge entry at 115 SAR for flynas passengers. Showers usually cost extra, 60 SAR at the Hayyak Lounge in Terminal 3.
Class of travel and status covers the Saudia Alfursan lounges and the Riyadh Air Hafawa Lounge. Saudia First and Business Class tickets and Alfursan Gold open the Alfursan doors, and SkyTeam Elite Plus opens them in any cabin on same day SkyTeam international travel, plus one guest. The domestic version of that rule is stricter: Elite Plus only counts in Terminals 3 and 4 with a same day connection to a SkyTeam international flight. Hafawa is Business Elite, Business Class and top tier Riyadh Air flyers only.
No alcohol, anywhere. Saudi law applies inside every lounge at RUH. The compensation is real coffee culture: Arabic coffee and dates at most doors and handcrafted espresso at the Hayyak Lounge in Terminal 3.
Program listings are still digesting the February 2026 terminal moves, so treat the tables above as the map and confirm your specific door in your lounge app on the day you fly. For the card strategy in detail, see the RUH Priority Pass guide.
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FAQ
Riyadh King Khalid lounge questions
Which lounges at Riyadh RUH take Priority Pass?
Four as of June 2026: Plaza Premium in Terminal 1, the Hayyak lounges in Terminals 3 and 5, and naSmiles in Terminal 5. The Hayyak VIP Lounge in Terminal 2 and the CATRION Lounge in Terminal 4 show on DragonPass instead. Check your app on the day, because the February 2026 terminal changes are still working through the program listings.
Can I pay for a lounge at Riyadh airport without flying business class?
Yes. Hayyak sells walk in entry at 230 SAR in Terminal 3 and 149 SAR in Terminal 5, Plaza Premium in Terminal 1 starts at 150 SAR for 2 hours, and the Wellcome Lounge in Terminal 2 runs about 140 SAR. Showers usually cost extra.
Are the lounges at RUH open 24 hours?
Most are. The airport lists its Hayyak lounges as open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, Plaza Premium in Terminal 1 runs around the clock, and the Saudia Alfursan lounges operate to match Saudia's all hours schedule. CATRION and Wasan do not publish hours, so treat those as to be confirmed.
What changed at Riyadh airport in February 2026?
The airport moved every airline between February 16 and 25, 2026. Terminals 1 and 2 now handle the Saudi carriers' international flights, Terminals 3 and 4 their domestic flights, and Terminal 5 the foreign airlines. The lounges stayed put, so several lounge program listings still describe the old layout.
Do Riyadh airport lounges serve alcohol?
No. Alcohol is not served anywhere in Saudi Arabia, airport lounges included. Expect Arabic coffee, dates, juices and soft drinks instead, plus a proper barista counter at the Hayyak Lounge in Terminal 3.
Is there a Riyadh Air lounge at RUH?
Yes. Riyadh Air opened the Hafawa Lounge between Terminals 1 and 2 in February 2026, a 2,000 square metre space for up to 370 guests. Entry is limited to Business Elite and Business Class passengers and the airline's top tier frequent flyers, with no paid entry option.
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