Damascus International Airport مطار دمشق الدولي
IATA: DAM – ICAO: OSDI
Summary
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°E / 33.4115222; 36.5155583Coordinates: 33°24′41.48″N 36°30′56.01″E / 33.4115222°N 36.5155583°E / 33.4115222; 36.5155583
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.

Contents 1 Duty Free outlets 2 City Transport 3 Airlines and destinations 3.1 Cargo airlines 4 References 5 External links

[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] Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aeroflot	Moscow-Sheremetyevo
Air Algérie	Algiers
Air Arabia	Sharjah
Air France	Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Alitalia	Rome-Fiumicino
Austrian Airlines	Vienna
Blue Wings	Düsseldorf
Bahrain Air	Bahrain
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
Germania	Berlin-Tegel, Düsseldorf, Munich
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
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 Air	Abu Dhabi, Aleppo, Algiers, Amman [seasonal], Amsterdam, Athens, Beirut, Berlin-Schönefeld, Brussels, Bucharest-Henri Coandă, Cairo, Copenhagen, Dammam, Deir el Zor, Doha, Dubai, Frankfurt, 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, Deir El Zor, Kameshli
Taban Air	Isfahan, Mashhad, Tehran-Imam Khomeini
Tunisair	Tunis
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul-Atatürk
Yemenia	Sana'a

[edit] Cargo airlines

Airlines	Destinations
Cargolux	Manila, Sharjah, Luxembourg

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Damascus International Airport (DAM)

• 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. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
• Current weather for OSDI at NOAA/NWS
• Airport information for OSDI at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.. Source: DAFIF.
• Map from Multimap