Damascus International Airport
Damascus International Airport مطار دمشق الدولي Maṭār Dimašq al-Duwalī | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public and military | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Syria | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | General Authority of Civil Aviation | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Damascus, Syria | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1973 | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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Damascus International Airport (Arabic: مَطَار دِمَشْق الدَّوْلِيّ, romanized: Maṭār Dimašq al-Duwalī) (IATA: DAM, ICAO: OSDI) is the international airport of Damascus, the capital of Syria and the home base of the national flag carrier airline, Syrian Air. 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 Latakia International Airport.
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. 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.