Damascus International Airport
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| Damascus International Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: DAM - ICAO: OSDI | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Joint (Civil and Military) | ||
| Serves | Damascus | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 2020 ft (616 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 05R/23L | 11,811 | 3,600 | Asphalt |
| 05L/23R | 11,805 | 3,598 | Asphalt |
Damascus International Airport (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. Despite the country's political situation, the airport is experiencing significant annual passenger growth rates. In 2004, an estimated 3.2 million passengers used the airport. It is currently undergoing extensive renovation. A new state-of-the-art terminal is expected to be constructed in the near future.
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[edit] Ramak Duty Free
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, a large Internet cafe, 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. Karank, 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
- Aeroflot (Moscow-Sheremetyevo)
- Air Algerie (Algiers)
- Air Arabia (Sharjah)
- Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
- Alitalia (Milan-Malpensa)
- Austrian Airlines (Vienna)
- British Airways
- operated by BMED (Aleppo, Ankara, London-Heathrow)
- Caspian Airlines (Tehran)
- Cargolux (Manila, Sharjah)
- Cyprus Airways (Larnaca)
- EgyptAir (Cairo)
- Emirates (Dubai)
- Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi)
- Gulf Air (Abu Dhabi, Bahrain)
- Hemus Air (Sofia)
- Iran Air (Tehran-Mehrabad)
- Iraqi Airways (Baghdad)
- JAT Airways (Belgrade)
- Jazeera Airways (Kuwait)
- Kuwait Airways (Kuwait)
- Libyan Arab Airlines (Benghazi, Tripoli)
- Malaysia Airlines (Kuala Lumpur, Dubai)
- Malev Hungarian Airlines (Budapest)
- Qatar Airways (Doha)
- Royal Jordanian (Amman)
- Saudi Arabian Airlines (Jeddah, Riyadh)
- Sudan Airways (Khartoum)
- Syrian Arab Airlines (Aleppo, Lattakia, Deir El Zor, Kameshli, Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Baghdad, Karachi, Mumbai, Delhi, Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Manama, Doha, Riyadh, Dammam, Mecca, Jeddah, Sana'a, Muscat, Amman, Beirut, Larnaca, Athens, Rome-Fiumicino, Milan-Malpensa, Bucharest-Otopeni, Prague, Paris-Orly, London-Heathrow, Marseille, Manchester, Madrid, Barcelona, Brussels, Amsterdam, Stockholm-Arlanda, Frankfurt, Berlin-Schönefeld, Munich, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Sofia, Yerevan, Istanbul-Atatürk, Cairo, Tripoli, Benghazi, Casablanca, Algiers, Tunis, Khartoum)
- Tunisair (Tunis)
- Turkish Airlines (Istanbul-Atatürk)
- UM Airlines (Kiev-Boryspil)
- Yemenia (Sanaa)
[edit] External links
- World Aero Data airport information for OSDI
- Map from Multimap
- Satellite image from TerraServer
