Khartoum International Airport
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Khartoum International Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: KRT – ICAO: HSSS | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Joint (Civil and Military) | ||
| Location | Khartoum | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,265 ft / 386 m | ||
| Coordinates | 15°35′22.19″N 32°33′11.38″E / 15.5894972°N 32.5531611°ECoordinates: 15°35′22.19″N 32°33′11.38″E / 15.5894972°N 32.5531611°E | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 18/36 | 9,777 | 2,980 | Asphalt |
Khartoum International Airport (IATA: KRT, ICAO: HSSS) is an airport in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan.
It will be replaced with a new airport 40 kilometers south of the centre of Khartoum by 2010. This is planned to have two 4000 metre runways, a passenger terminal of 86,000 square metres and a 300-room international hotel.[1][2]
Contents |
[edit] Accidents and incidents
- On 27 August 1952, Vickers Viscount G-AHRF operated by the Ministry of Supply was damaged beyond economic repair when its starboard undercarriage collapsed on landing.[3]
- On March 30, 2007, a hijacked airliner landed at Khartoum International. Sources vary on what happened next, but the man was ultimately detained with no injuries caused to anyone. See 2007 Sudan Airways hijacking.
- Sudan Airways Flight 109: On June 10, 2008, an aircraft operating from Amman, Jordan, landed and, while taxiing to the terminal, the right engine caught fire and the fire spread rapidly. Preliminary reports stated that around 100 of the 200 passengers had been killed but this was revised to 28 dead, 123 survivors and 53 unaccounted for.[4]
- On June 30, 2008, an Ilyushin Il-76 exploded into a fireball on take-off. All 4 crew were killed.[5]
[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| AirTaxi (cargo charter) | Juba, ElFasher, Nyala, El Obied, Malakal, Rumbek, Wau, El Geneina, Kampala, Kenya, Cairo, Sharjah, Dubai |
| Air Arabia | Sharjah |
| Air West | El Geneina, El Fasher, El Obeid, Juba, Nyala, Port Sudan, Sharjah |
| Afriqiyah Airways | Tripoli |
| Bahrain Air | Bahrain |
| bmi | Beirut, London-Heathrow |
| EgyptAir | Cairo |
| Emirates | Dubai |
| Etihad Airways | Abu Dhabi |
| Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa, Cairo |
| Flydubai | Dubai |
| Flying Carpet | Beirut |
| Gulf Air | Bahrain |
| Hainan Airlines | Beijing-Capital |
| Kenya Airways | Cairo, Nairobi |
| KLM | Amsterdam |
| Lufthansa | Frankfurt [ends 28 March] |
| Lufthansa operated by Privatair | Frankfurt [begins 29 March] |
| Marsland Aviation | El Daein, El Geneina, El Fasher, El Obeid, Juba, Malakal, Nairobi, Nyala, Rumbek |
| Nasair | Asmara, Nairobi |
| Nova Airline | |
| Qatar Airways | Doha |
| Royal Jordanian | Amman |
| Saudi Arabian Airlines | Jeddah, Riyadh |
| Sudan Airways | Abu Dhabi, Addis Ababa, Amman, Asmara, Cairo, Damascus, Doha, Dongola, Dubai, El Fasher, El Obeid, Entebbe, Jeddah, Juba, Kano, Kassala, Malakal, Nairobi, N'Djamena, Nyala, Port Sudan, Riyadh, Tripoli, Wadi Halfa |
| Syrian Air | Damascus |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk |
| Yemenia | Sana'a |
[edit] Cargo airlines
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| EgyptAir Cargo | Cairo |
| Juba Air Cargo | |
| Martinair Cargo [6] | Amsterdam |
[edit] References
- ^ Construction of the new Khartoum Airport begins in October Sudan Tribune 20 February 2006. Retrieved on 13 June 2008
- ^ Sudan to build new international airport near Khartoum. Source: Xinhua. Retrieved on 13 June 2008
- ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19520827-0. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
- ^ "Dozens die in Sudan jet inferno". 10/06/2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7447243.stm. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
- ^ Cargo plane explodes in Khartoum, killing 4 crew | World | Reuters
- ^ http://cargo.martinair.com/wps/wcm/connect/53db92804e043f18a18eb128ba7f78d5/MP_Cargo_Sched_AMS_06JUL09-02AUG09.pdf?MOD=AJPERES
[edit] External links
- Khartoum International Airport Departure Terminal
- Accident history for KRT at Aviation Safety Network
- Airport information for HSSS at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- Current weather for HSSS at NOAA/NWS
- Airport information for HSSS at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.. Source: DAFIF.
