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Aleppo International Airport

مطار حلب الدولي

Matar Halab al-Duwaliyy
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGovernment of Syria
OperatorDirectorate General of Civil Aviation
ServesAleppo, Syria
Hub for
Time zoneEET (UTC+02:00 / UTC+03:00)
Elevation AMSL1,276 ft / 389 m
Coordinates36°10′50″N 37°13′27″E / 36.18056°N 37.22417°E / 36.18056; 37.22417
Websitealeppo-airport.com
Map
ALP/OSAP is located in Syria
ALP/OSAP
ALP/OSAP
Location in Syria
ALP/OSAP is located in Asia
ALP/OSAP
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ALP/OSAP (Asia)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 3,110 9,547 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Aleppo International Airport (Arabic: مطار حلب الدولي) (IATA: ALP, ICAO: OSAP) is an international airport serving Aleppo, Syria. The airport is serving as a secondary hub for Syrian Air and Cham Wings.

History

Australian troops with Morane-Saulnier MS.406 fighters of Groupe de Chasse I/7 at Aleppo-Nayrab airfield in July 1941 during the Syrian campaign.
Australian soldiers in front of Morane-Saulnier MS.406s at Aleppo airfield in June 1941.

The history of the airport dates back to the beginning of the 20th century during the French Mandate. In 1924, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines made their first flight from Amsterdam to Batavia, Dutch East Indies, through the airport in Aleppo.[3][a] The airport was upgraded and developed over the years until 1999 when the new current terminal was inaugurated.[4]

In January 2013, the facility closed due to the Syrian Civil War,[5] but after Syrian Army advances were made in the area, the airport briefly re-opened on 22 January 2014, welcoming its first civilian flight in more than 1 year (flights were suspended in December 2012), carrying foreign journalists to the city.[6]

Russian soldiers near the airport during the Battle of Aleppo.

Following the Syrian government's recapture of eastern Aleppo during the Battle of Aleppo, an airplane conducted its first flight from the airport in four years. The flight, conducted on 5 January 2017, was a trial attempt by the government before the airport fully opens to the public.[7] On 17 February 2020, Syrian Transport Minister Ali Hammoud announced that the airport will resume civilian operations, with the first flight from Damascus to Aleppo scheduled for February 19, and an additional route to Cairo soon thereafter.[8] On 1 March 2020, the airport was targeted by Turkish drone and artillery strikes.[9] As of 31 May 2021, Mohammad al-Masri is the director of the airport.[10]

After an eight-year hiatus due to the Syrian Civil War, flights have resumed on 19 February 2020, with the inaugural flight originating from Damascus International Airport.[11] On 15 January 2021, scheduled flights to Beirut and Erbil were resumed after hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In June 2022, after the Israeli bombing of Damascus International Airport, all Cham Wings Air flights from Damascus were rerouted to Aleppo.[12]

Facilities

Aleppo International Airport has a modern terminal which combines a modern and Islamic architecture. The total area is 38,000 square meters over four floors. The airport capacity is 1.7 million passengers a year.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Cham Wings Airlines Abu Dhabi, Beirut,[13] Damascus, Kuwait,[14] Sharjah, Yerevan[15]
FlyBaghdad Erbil
Syrian Air Beirut

Notes

  1. ^ The flight later became a regular route in 1929 until the emergence of WWII.

References

  1. ^ "Airport information for OSAP". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  2. ^ Airport information for ALP at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. ^ "1924 - Dutch Aviation". dutch-aviation.nl.
  4. ^ Aleppo Int. Airport Historical Overview Archived 9 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Aleppo airport reopens after a year: Syria state media The Daily Star, 22 January 2014
  6. ^ This is your captain: We'll shortly be arriving at Syria's most dangerous city CNN, 23 January 2014
  7. ^ Leith Fadel. "First airplane takes off from Aleppo International Airport in 4 years". Al-Masdar News. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Syrian forces consolidate control of Aleppo, air strikes under way". Reuters. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  9. ^ "الطائرات التركية المسيرة والمدفعية التابعة لها تتناوب على استهداف قوات النظام في حماة وإدلب وحلب بشكل هستيري". SOHR. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  10. ^ [1] [Syria’s Aleppo International Airport seeks direct flights with Moscow] TASS, 5 April 2021
  11. ^ "After more than eight-year hiatus, Aleppo International Airport receives first flight coming from Damascus". Syrian Arab News Agency. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  12. ^ Sarah Dadouch (14 June 2022). "Syria says Damascus airport operations suspended after Israeli strikes". Washington Post. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  13. ^ "First plane arrives in Aleppo airport from Beirut". Syrian Arab News Agency. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  14. ^ "اعتباراً من3 حزيران القادم… أجنحة الشام تشغل رحلتين أسبوعياً بين حلب والكويت" (in Arabic). Syrian Arab News Agency. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  15. ^ "First regular Syian external flight from Yerevan arrives in Aleppo International Airport". Syrian Arab News Agency. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2021.

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