Falcons Flight
Design
!A custom wheel manufactured by LUC Group for Falcons Flight
Falcons Flight
Falcons Flight is a launched roller coaster located at Six Flags Qiddiya City in Qiddiya City, Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia. Manufactured by Intamin, the steel coaster opened on December 31, 2025, as the tallest, fastest, and longest roller coaster in the world surpassing Top Thrill 2, Formula Rossa, and Steel Dragon 2000, respectively. Featuring a height of 163 m (535 ft) and an elevation change of 195 m (640 ft), Falcons Flight opened as the world's first exa coaster.
Conception
On April 7, 2017, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman officially announced the Qiddiya City mega project, an entertainment, sport, and cultural destination designed to diversify Saudi Arabia's economy as part of the Saudi Vision 2030 initiative. Included in the announcement was the involvement of the original Six Flags) theme park chain, which at the time was also pursuing the development of international parks in Dubai and China. The Saudi Press Agency reported in October 2018 that the Crown Prince had met with David McKillip – then Six Flags' senior vice president of international park operations – at the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh.
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