Damascus International Airport

Damascus International Airport مطار دمشق الدولي Maṭār Dimašq al-Duwaliyy
IATA: DAM ICAO: OSDI
Summary
Airport type	Joint (civil and military air base)
Owner	Government of Syria
Operator	Directorate General of Civil Aviation
Serves	Damascus, Syria
Opened	1973; 51 years ago (1973)[1]
Hub for	Syrian Air Cham Wings Airlines
Built	1965
Time zone	AST (UTC+03:00)
Elevation AMSL	616 m / 2,020 ft
Coordinates	33°24′41″N 36°30′56″E / 33.41139°N 36.51556°E / 33.41139; 36.51556
Website	www.damascus-airport.com
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 05R/23L 3,600 11,811 Asphalt 05L/23R 3,598 11,804 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Passengers 5,500,000 (50.1%)

Damascus International Airport (Arabic: مَطَار دِمَشْق الدَّوْلِيّ, romanized: Maṭār 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.