Sulaimaniyah International Airport

Sulaymaniyah International Airport (IATA: ISU, ICAO: ORSU) is 14 kilometers west of the city of Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The airport encompasses an approximate area of 13.5 square kilometers. The combined capacity of the airport terminals is currently set at 1.5 million passengers per year and can be expanded to accommodate up to 3 million passengers annually. [4]

Sulaymaniyah International Airport

مطار السليمانية الدولي

فڕۆکەخانەی نێودەوڵەتی سلێمانی
Firokaxaney Nawdewletî Slêmanî
Summary
OperatorIraqi Government[1]
ServesSulaymaniyah (Slêmani-سلێمانی), Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Elevation AMSL2,492 ft / 760 m
Coordinates35°33′39″N 45°18′52″E
Websitesulairport.krd
Map
ISU
Location of airport in Iraqi Kurdistan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 3,500 11,483 Concrete
Statistics (2022)
Passengers428,609
Aircraft operations5,513
Source: ICAA,[2] COSIT.[3]

History

Following the removal of Saddam Hussein, the construction of the airport began in November 2003, and it was inaugurated by former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani in July 2005. International flights were shut down from 29 September 2017 following a decision taken by the Iraq Civil Aviation Authority (ICAA), but the airport remained open for domestic and humanitarian flights.[5] The international flights ban was lifted in March 2018.[6] It is operated by the Iraqi Government since 2017.

Facilities

The airport has facilities for both cargo and passengers. Sulaymaniyah International Airport has three terminals; for departures, arrivals and VIP s.

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
flydubai Dubai–International[7]
Iraqi AirwaysBaghdad,Basra, Beirut, Cairo, Dubai–International,Tehran–Imam Khomeini
Mahan Air Tehran–Imam Khomeini[8]
Qatar Airways Doha
Royal Jordanian Amman–Queen Alia

Cargo

Pradhaan Air Express | Tbilisi, Ras Al Khaimah Georgian Airlines | Dubai-World Central, Baku


Former Destinations

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| Iraqi Airways| Stockholm, London, Amman, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Najaf, Erbil, Jeddah, Munich, Dusseldorf, Kiev, Copenhagen

| Condor Airlines| Dusseldorf,Munich

| Pegasus Airlines| Antalya, Istanbul

| Freebird Airlines|Antalya, Eindhoven

| Atlasglobal Airlines Istanbul

Statistics

As of 2022, Sulaymaniyah International Airport is the fifth-busiest airport in Iraq by total passenger traffic, behind the airports in Baghdad, Najaf, Erbil and Basra.

Year Passengers Cargo Aircraft operations
Total%YoYTons%YoYMovements%YoY
2015574,645N.D.N.D.N.D.6,999N.D.
2016525,993 8.5%198.4N.D.N.D.N.D.
2017485,156 7.8%38.5 80.6%7,550N.D.
2018309,869 36.1%N.D.N.D.5,392 28.6%
2019474,919 53.3%13,567.8N.D.7,500 39.1%
2020124,223 73.8%10,489.0 22.7%2,495 66.7%
2021277,541 123.4%N.D.N.D.4,257 70.6%
2022428,609 54.4%3,857.5N.D.5,513 29.5%

Source: COSIT. Air Transport Activity Statistics, years 2015,[9] 2016,[10] 2017,[11] 2018,[12] 2019,[13] 2020,[14] 2021[15] and 2022.[16]

See also

References
  1. "Kurdish government accepts Baghdad's conditions to end dispute". Arab News. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  2. "Iraq's AIP. Consolidated edition, February, 2021" (PDF). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  3. "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2022" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  4. "About". www.sulairport.krd. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  5. "Iraqi govt enforces international flight ban in Kurdistan region". France 24. 29 September 2017.
  6. Mostafa, Mohamed (20 March 2018). "Kurdistan's Sulaymaniyah sets first foreign flight since Iraqi embargo lifted". www.iraqinews.com.
  7. "Sulaimaniyah travel guide". www.flydubai.com.
  8. "Mahan Air resumes flights between Tehran and Sulaymaniyah on 10JUN18. One weekly, A310. #Iran". Twitter. 24 May 2018.
  9. "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2015" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  10. "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2016" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  11. "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2017" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  12. "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2018" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  13. "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2019" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  14. "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2020" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  15. "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2021" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  16. "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2022" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.


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