Damascus International Airport
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| Damascus International Airport مطار دمشق الدولي |
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| IATA: DAM – ICAO: OSDI | |||
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| Airport type | Joint (Civil and Military) | ||
| Operator | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | ||
| Location | Damascus | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 2020 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 | 11,805 | 3,598 | Asphalt |
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 2004, an estimated 3.2 million passengers used the airport. It is currently undergoing much-needed renovations. A new state-of-the-art terminal is expected to be constructed in the near future.
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[edit] Duty Free outlets
The airport features several duty-free outlets. The largest of these, operated by Syrian company Ramak, is reputed for its great prices. The departures hall also includes an in-house coffee shop, several souvenir shops, 3 restaurants, and a business/first-class lounge.
[edit] City Transport
Cheap transport to central Damascus is offered by several bus and taxi companies, namely EuroCar, Orient Tours, Chamtour, Victoria Rent-a-Car, and Marmou. Al-Karnak, the state bus company, also offers service between the airport and Baramkeh bus terminal.
[edit] Banks
The Central Bank of Syria has a branch in the arrivals hall. There are several exchange bureaus throughout the airport.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aeroflot | Moscow-Sheremetyevo |
| Air Algérie | Algiers |
| Air Arabia | Sharjah |
| Air France | Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Alitalia | Rome-Fiumicino |
| Austrian Airlines | Vienna |
| Blue Wings | Dusseldorf |
| bmi | London-Heathrow |
| Caspian Airlines | Tehran-Imam Khomeini |
| Cham Wings Airlines | Antalya, Baghdad, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Kiev-Boryspil, Malmö, Najaf, Sharm el-Sheikh |
| Conviasa | Caracas, Tehran-Imam Khomeini |
| Cyprus Airways | Larnaca |
| Czech Airlines | Prague |
| EgyptAir | Cairo |
| Emirates | Dubai |
| Eram Air | Tehran-Imam Khomeini |
| Etihad Airways | Abu Dhabi |
| flydubai | Dubai |
| Gulf Air | Bahrain |
| Iran Air | Tehran-Imam Khomeini |
| Iraqi Airways | Baghdad, Basra |
| Jazeera Airways | Kuwait |
| Kish Air | Tehran-Imam Khomeini |
| Kuwait Airways | Kuwait |
| Wataniya Airways | Kuwait |
| Libyan Airlines | Benghazi, Tripoli |
| Mahan Air | Tehran-Imam Khomeini |
| Malev Hungarian Airlines | Budapest |
| Middle East Airlines | Beirut |
| Nas Air (Saudi Arabia) | Riyadh |
| Qatar Airways | Doha |
| Royal Jordanian | Amman |
| Saudi Arabian Airlines | Jeddah, Riyadh |
| Sudan Airways | Khartoum |
| Syrian Arab Airlines | Abu Dhabi, Aleppo, Algiers, Amsterdam, Athens, Beirut, Berlin-Schönefeld, Brussels, Bucharest-Otopeni, Cairo, Copenhagen, Dammam, Deir El Zor, Doha, Dubai, Frankfurt, Istanbul-Atatürk, Jeddah, Kameshli, Khartoum, Larnaca, Latakia, London-Heathrow, Madrid, Marseilles, Milan-Malpensa, Moscow-Vnukovo, Paris-Orly, Riyadh, Rome-Fiumicino, Sharjah, Stockholm-Arlanda, Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Tripoli, Vienna |
| Syrian Pearl | Aleppo, Deai El Zor, Kameshli |
| Taban Air | Tehran-Imam Khomeini |
| 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 |
[edit] References
[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. Data current as of October 2006.
- Current weather for OSDI at NOAA/NWS
- Airport information for OSDI at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- Map from Multimap
