Damascus International Airport (Arabic, مطار دمشق الدولي) is a public airport

Airport

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 located in Damascus

Damascus

Damascus , commonly known in Syria as Al Sham , and as the City of Jasmine , is the capital and the second largest city of Syria after Aleppo, both are part of the country's 14 governorates. In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major...

, the capital of Syria

Syria

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. Officially opened in the mid 1970s, DAM is Syria's busiest international airport. The airport is experiencing significant annual passenger growth rates. In 2010, an estimated 5.5 million passengers used the airport, an increase of more than 50% since 2004.

Duty Free outlets

The airport features two duty-free outlets. The largest of these, operated by Syrian company Ramak. The departures hall also includes an in-house coffee shop, several souvenir shops, three restaurants, and a business/first-class lounge.

City Transport

Transport to central Damascus is offered by a taxi company. A private bus company also offers service between the airport and Baramkeh in central Damascus.

Airlines and destinations

Cargo airlines

Accidents and incidents

• On 10 November 1970, a Douglas DC-3
  Douglas DC-3
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   of Saudi Arabian Airlines
  Saudi Arabian Airlines
  Saudi Arabian Airlines is the flag carrier airline of Saudi Arabia, based in Jeddah. It operates domestic and international scheduled flights to over 90 destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe and North America...
  
   on a flight from Amman Civil Airport, Jordan
  Jordan
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   to King Khalid International Airport
  King Khalid International Airport
  King Khalid International Airport is located north of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, designed by the architectural firm HOK.The airport includes the terminals, mosque, the control tower and two parallel runways, each long...
  
  , Riyadh
  Riyadh
  Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Najd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to 5,254,560 people, and the urban center of a...
  
   Saudi Arabia
  Saudi Arabia
  The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
  
  was hijacked and diverted to Damascus Airport.

Projects

Renovation of Terminal 1 to handle 3.5 million passengers per year.

Construction of a railway connecting the airport to Hijaz station in Damascus.

Construction of a new terminal with the ability to handle 7 million passengers per year.

External links

• Map from Multimap