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Khartoum International Airport

Coordinates: 15°35′22.19″N 32°33′11.38″E / 15.5894972°N 32.5531611°E / 15.5894972; 32.5531611
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Khartoum International Airport
  • IATA: KRT
  • ICAO: HSSS
    KRT is located in Sudan
    KRT
    KRT
    Location of airport in Sudan
Summary
Airport typeJoint (Civil and Military)
ServesKhartoum
LocationKhartoum, Sudan
Hub for
Elevation AMSL1,265 ft / 386 m
Coordinates15°35′22.19″N 32°33′11.38″E / 15.5894972°N 32.5531611°E / 15.5894972; 32.5531611
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 9,777 2,980 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Passengers2,178,097

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. This is planned to have two 4000 metre runways, a passenger terminal of 86,000 square metres and a 300-room international hotel.[2][3] Construction is to be carried out by China Harbour Engineering Co. (CHEC).[4]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Afriqiyah Airways Benghazi, Tripoli
Air Arabia Sharjah
British Airways London-Heathrow
EgyptAir Cairo
Emirates Dubai
Eritrean Airlines Asmara, Cairo, Rome-Fiumicino
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa
Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi
Feeder Airlines Juba, Malakal, Rumbek, Wau
flydubai Dubai
Flynas Dammam, Jeddah, Riyadh
Gulf Air Bahrain
Royal Jordanian Amman

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
EgyptAir Cargo Cairo, Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta
Emirates Sky Cargo Dubai
Ethiopian Airlines Cargo Addis Ababa, Liège
Etihad Crystal Cargo Abu Dhabi
Martinair Cargo Amsterdam
Qatar Airways Cargo Doha-Hamad
Saudia Cargo Jeddah
Turkish Airlines Cargo Istanbul-Atatürk, Johannesburg

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.[5]
  • On 19 July 1983, Douglas C-47A N480F of Chevron Oil crashed shortly after take-off from Khartoum International Airport on a non-scheduled passenger flight. Both engines had failed, probably due to contaminated fuel. All 27 people on board survived.[6]
  • 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.[7]
  • On June 30, 2008, an Ilyushin Il-76 exploded into a fireball on take-off. All 4 crew were killed.[8]
  • On August 19, 2012, an Antonov An-26 crashed, carrying a Sudanese government delegation near the town of Talodi, killing all 32 people on board. The dead included members of the Sudanese government, several ranking members of the security forces, and a television crew.

References

  1. ^ List of the busiest airports in Africa
  2. ^ "Construction of the new Khartoum Airport begins in October". Sudan Tribune. 20 February 2006. Retrieved 13 June 2008.
  3. ^ "Sudan to build new international airport near Khartoum". English.peopledaily.com.cn. Retrieved 13 June 2008.
  4. ^ The African Aviation Tribune
  5. ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
  6. ^ "N480F Accident report". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
  7. ^ "Dozens die in Sudan jet inferno". BBC News. 10/06/2008. Retrieved 5 January 2010. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ "Cargo plane explodes in Khartoum, killing 4 crew". Reuters. 30 June 2008.
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