The Hamad International Airport is one of the largest airports in Qatar that is built over an area of 22 km square area. The airport has a long passenger terminal, stretching to an area of 600,000-meter and can hold a capacity of more than 30 million people at a time. There are 138 check-in counters and the longest western runway of 4850 meters at Hamad International, Qatar. It is due to this airport that Qatar features amongst the largest transit gateways for overseas travelers in the world.