Damascus International Airport
| Damascus International Airport مطار دمشق الدولي |
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IATA: DAM – ICAO: OSDI
 DAM
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Joint (Civil and Military) | ||
| Operator | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | ||
| Location | Damascus | ||
| Hub for | Syrian Air | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,020 ft / 616 m | ||
| Coordinates | 33°24′41.48″N 36°30′56.01″E / 33.4115222°N 36.5155583°ECoordinates: 33°24′41.48″N 36°30′56.01″E / 33.4115222°N 36.5155583°E | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 05R/23L | 11,811 | 3,600 | Asphalt |
| 05L/23R | 11,804 | 3,598 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2010) | |||
| Passengers | 5,500,000 | ||
Damascus International Airport (Arabic, مطار دمشق الدولي) (IATA: DAM, ICAO: OSDI) is a public airport located in Damascus, the capital of Syria. Officially opened in the mid 1970s, DAM is Syria's busiest international airport. The airport is experiencing significant annual passenger growth rates. In 2010, an estimated 5.5 million passengers used the airport, an increase of more than 50% since 2004.[1]
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[edit] Duty Free outlets
The airport features two duty-free outlets. The largest of these, operated by Syrian company Ramak. The departures hall also includes an in-house coffee shop, several souvenir shops, three restaurants, and a business/first-class lounge.
[edit] City Transport
Transport to central Damascus is offered by a taxi company. A private bus company also offers service between the airport and Baramkeh in central Damascus.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aeroflot | Moscow-Sheremetyevo |
| Air Algérie | Algiers |
| Air Arabia | Sharjah |
| Air France | Amman-Queen Alia, Paris-Charles de Gaulle [suspended till further notice] |
| Alitalia | Rome-Fiumicino [suspended till further notice] |
| Austrian Airlines | Vienna [suspended till further notice] |
| bmi | London-Heathrow [suspended till further notice] |
| Caspian Airlines | Tabriz, Tehran-Imam Khomeini |
| Cham Wings Airlines | Baghdad, Gothenburg-Landvetter, Malmö, Najaf, Sharm el-Sheikh |
| Conviasa | Caracas |
| EgyptAir | Cairo |
| Emirates | Dubai |
| Etihad Airways | Abu Dhabi |
| flydubai | Dubai |
| Gulf Air | Bahrain [ends 2 March 2012][2] |
| Iran Aseman Airlines | Shiraz |
| Iran Air | Tehran-Imam Khomeini |
| Iraqi Airways | Arbil, Baghdad, Najaf |
| Jazeera Airways | Kuwait |
| Kish Air | Tabriz, Tehran-Imam Khomeini |
| Kuwait Airways | Kuwait |
| Mahan Air | Tehran-Imam Khomeini |
| Nas Air | Riyadh [suspended till further notice] |
| Qatar Airways | Doha |
| Royal Jordanian | Amman-Queen Alia |
| Saudi Arabian Airlines | Dammam, Jeddah, Medina, Riyadh [all suspended till further notice] |
| Sudan Airways | Khartoum |
| Syrian Air | Abu Dhabi, Aleppo, Algiers, Amsterdam, Antalya, Athens, Bahrain, Beirut, Berlin-Schönefeld, Brussels, Bucharest-Henri Coandă, Cairo, Copenhagen, Dammam, Deir el Zor, Doha, Dubai, Frankfurt, Istanbul-Ataturk, Jeddah, Kameshli, Khartoum, Kuwait, Larnaca, Latakia, London-Heathrow, Madrid, Moscow-Vnukovo, Paris-Orly, Riyadh, Rome-Fiumicino, Stockholm-Arlanda, Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Vienna |
| Syrian Pearl | Aleppo, Deir El Zor, Kameshli |
| Taban Air | Isfahan |
| Tunisair | Tunis |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk |
| UM Airlines | Kiev-Boryspil |
| Yemenia | Sana'a |
[edit] Cargo airlines
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Cargolux | Manila, Sharjah, Luxembourg |
| DHL Express | |
| Fedex Express | |
| Turkish Airlines Cargo | Istanbul-Ataturk |
[edit] Accidents and incidents
- On 10 November 1970, a Douglas DC-3 of Saudi Arabian Airlines on a flight from Amman Civil Airport, Jordan to King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh Saudi Arabia was hijacked and diverted to Damascus Airport.[3]
[edit] Projects
Renovation of Terminal 1 to handle 3.5 million passengers per year.
Construction of a railway connecting the airport to Hijaz station in Damascus.
Construction of a new terminal with the ability to handle 7 million passengers per year.
[edit] References
- ^ "The Report: Syria 2010",
- ^ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-14/gulf-air-to-stop-flights-to-4-cities-for-commercial-reasons-1-.html
- ^ "Hijacking description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19701110-0. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
[edit] External links
Media related to Damascus International Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Accident history for DAM at Aviation Safety Network
- Airport information for OSDI at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- Current weather for OSDI at NOAA/NWS
- Airport information for OSDI at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- Map from Multimap
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