【新闻填空】A mammoth airport in Saudi Arabia(答案在原文给出)

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When it comes to airport expansion projects, the Gulf States are abuzz and the competition is fierce.

A mammoth airport in Saudi Arabia has already set records for size, but new plans in Dubai are ratcheting ( 1.  up )the race to be the world’s busiest airport by passenger volume.

Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd International Airport currently wears the (2. crown   ) as the largest airport in the world by area. At a whopping 780 square kilometers (about 300 square miles), that’s bigger than neighboring country Bahrain.

The Saudis aren’t resting on their ( 3.laurels    ) either. The country is working on a new six-( 4. runway   ) airport on the King Fahd International site by 2030, with (5.   capacity   )   eventually for 185 million passengers per year.

For comparison, that’s 75 million more than the 110 million passengers the world’s current busiest airport by passenger volume, Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International, is expected to serve this year.