Damascus International Airport

Damascus International Airport

مطار دمشق الدولي

Maṭār Dimašq al-Duwaliyy
Summary
Airport typeJoint
(civil and military air base)
OwnerGovernment of Syria
OperatorDirectorate General of Civil Aviation
ServesDamascus, Syria
Opened1973; 51 years ago (1973)[1]
Hub for
Built1965
Time zoneAST (UTC+03:00)
Elevation AMSL616 m / 2,020 ft
Coordinates33°24′41″N 36°30′56″E / 33.41139°N 36.51556°E / 33.41139; 36.51556
Websitewww.damascus-airport.com
Map
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05R/23L 3,600 11,811 Asphalt
05L/23R 3,598 11,804 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Passengers5,500,000 (Increase50.1%)

Damascus International Airport (Arabic: مَطَار دِمَشْق الدَّوْلِيّ, romanizedMaṭār Dimašq ad-Duwaliyy) (IATA: DAM, ICAO: OSDI) is the international airport of Damascus, the capital of Syria. Inaugurated in the mid-1970s, it also was the country's busiest airport. In 2010, an estimated 5.5 million passengers used the airport, an increase of more than 50% since 2004.[2] The ongoing civil war has caused many airlines to terminate their flights to and from Damascus, cutting much of the city's population off from international flights.

The airport has also been previously damaged many times in airstrikes carried out by the Israel Air Force. Damascus International Airport serves as a primary gateway to Syria and is one of the largest airports in the country along with Aleppo International Airport and Bassel Al-Assad International Airport.

  1. ^ "New Damascus International Airport". centreforaviation.com. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  2. ^ "The Report: Syria 2010" Archived 29 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine,